Jeremiah 2:28–37

²⁸But where are your gods

that you made for yourself?

Let them come, if they can save you,

in your time of trouble,

for you have as many gods

as you have towns, O Judah.^*

²⁹Why do you complain against me?

You have all rebelled against me,

says the Lord.^*

³⁰In vain I have struck down your children;

they accepted no correction.

Your own sword devoured your prophets

like a ravening lion.^*

³¹And you, O generation, behold the word of the Lord!^c

Have I been a wilderness to Israel

or a land of thick darkness?

Why then do my people say, “We are free;

we will come to you no more”?^*

³²Can a young woman forget her ornaments

or a bride her attire?

Yet my people have forgotten me,

days without number.^*

³³How well you direct your course

to seek lovers!

So that even to wicked women

you have taught your ways.

³⁴Also on your skirts is found

the lifeblood of the innocent poor,

though you did not catch them breaking in.

Yet in spite of all these things^d*

³⁵you say, “I am innocent;

surely his anger has turned from me.”

Now I am bringing you to judgment

for saying, “I have not sinned.”^*

³⁶Why do you go about so much

to change your way?

You shall be put to shame by Egypt

as you were put to shame by Assyria.^*

³⁷From there also you will come away

with your hands on your head,

for the Lord has rejected those in whom you trust,

and you will not prosper through them.^*