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New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Jeremiah 2
⁵ Thus says the Lord, "What injustice did your fathers find in Me, That they went far from Me And walked after emptiness and became empty?
⁶ "They did not say, ’Where is the Lord Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, Through a land of deserts and of pits, Through a land of drought and of deep darkness, Through a land that no one crossed And where no man dwelt?’
⁷ "I brought you into the fruitful land To eat its fruit and its good things. But you came and defiled My land, And My inheritance you made an abomination.
⁸ "The priests did not say, ’Where is the Lord?’ And those who handle the law did not know Me; The rulers also transgressed against Me, And the prophets prophesied by Baal And walked after things that did not profit.
⁹ "Therefore I will yet contend with you," declares the Lord, "And with your sons’ sons I will contend.
¹⁰ "For cross to the coastlands of Kittim and see, And send to Kedar and observe closely And see if there has been such a thing as this!
¹¹ "Has a nation changed gods When they were not gods? But My people have changed their glory For that which does not profit.
¹² "Be appalled, O heavens, at this, And shudder, be very desolate," declares the Lord.
¹³ "For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water.
¹⁴ "Is Israel a slave? Or is he a homeborn servant? Why has he become a prey?
¹⁵ "The young lions have roared at him, They have roared loudly. And they have made his land a waste; His cities have been destroyed, without inhabitant.