Jeremiah 2:4–13

⁴Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob and all the families of the house of Israel. ⁵Thus says the Lord:

^g“What injustice have your fathers found in Me,

That they have gone far from Me,

^hHave followed ²idols,

And have become idolaters?

⁶Neither did they say, ‘Where is the Lord,

Who ⁱbrought us up out of the land of Egypt,

Who led us through ^jthe wilderness,

Through a land of deserts and pits,

Through a land of drought and the shadow of death,

Through a land that no one crossed

And where no one dwelt?’

⁷I brought you into ^ka bountiful country,

To eat its fruit and its goodness.

But when you entered, you ^ldefiled My land

And made My heritage an abomination.

⁸The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’

And those who handle the ^mlaw did not know Me;

The rulers also transgressed against Me;

ⁿThe prophets prophesied by Baal,

And walked after things that do not profit.

⁹“Therefore ^oI will yet ³bring charges against you,” says the Lord,

“And against your children’s children I will bring charges.

¹⁰For pass beyond the coasts of ⁴Cyprus and see,

Send to ⁵Kedar and consider diligently,

And see if there has been such a ^pthing.

^11qHas a nation changed its gods,

Which are ^rnot gods?

^sBut My people have changed their Glory

For what does not profit.

¹²Be astonished, O heavens, at this,

And be horribly afraid;

Be very desolate,” says the Lord.

¹³“For My people have committed two evils:

They have forsaken Me, the ^tfountain of living waters,

And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.