Jeremiah 2:11-21

11 Has a nation switched gods, though they aren't really gods at all? Yet my people have exchanged their glory for what has no value.
12 Be stunned at such a thing, you heavens; shudder and quake, declares the LORD.
13 My people have committed two crimes: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water. And they have dug wells, broken wells that can't hold water.
14 Is Israel a slave, a servant by birth? If not, why then has he become prey?
15 Lions roar at him; they growl. They destroy his land and make his towns desolate until nothing is left.
16 As well, the people of Memphis and Tahpanhes lay open your scalp.
17 Haven't you brought this on yourself by abandoning the LORD your God, who has directed your paths?
18 So why take the path to Egypt to drink water from the Nile? Why travel the path to Assyria to drink water from the Euphrates?
19 Your wrongdoing will punish you. Your acts of unfaithfulness will find you out. Don't you understand how terribly bitter it is to abandon the LORD your God and not fear me? declares the LORD of heavenly forces.
20 Long ago I broke your yoke; I shattered your chains. But even then you said, "I won't serve you." On every high hill and under every lush tree, you have acted like a prostitute.
21 Yet it was I who planted you, a precious vine of fine quality; how could you turn into a wild vine and become good for nothing?
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