Scriptures

New King James Version (NKJV)

Jeremiah 2
⁵ Thus says the Lord: "What injustice have your fathers found in Me, That they have gone far from Me, Have followed idols, And have become idolaters?
⁶ Neither did they 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 pits, Through a land of drought and the shadow of death, Through a land that no one crossed And where no one dwelt?’
⁷ I brought you into a bountiful country, To eat its fruit and its goodness. But when you entered, you defiled My land And made My heritage 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; The prophets prophesied by Baal, And walked after things that do not profit.
⁹ "Therefore I will yet bring charges against you," says the Lord, "And against your children’s children I will bring charges.
¹⁰ For pass beyond the coasts of Cyprus and consider diligently, And see if there has been such a thing.
¹¹ Has a nation changed its gods, Which are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory For what does not profit.
¹² Be 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 fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns--broken cisterns that can hold no water.
¹⁴ "Is Israel a servant? Is he a homeborn slave? Why is he plundered?
¹⁵ The young lions roared at him, and growled; They made his land waste; His cities are burned, without inhabitant.