Jeremiah 16:16-21

16“I’m going to send for many fishermen,” declares the Lord, “and they will catch the people of Israel. After that, I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt for them on every mountain and hill and even in the cracks in the rocks.

17I see everything that they do. They can’t hide anything from me. Their wickedness can’t be hidden; I can see it.

18First, I will have them pay twice as much for their wickedness and their sin, because they have polluted my land. They have filled my property with the lifeless statues of their detestable and disgusting idols.”

19The Lord is my strength and my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. Nations come to you from the most distant parts of the world and say, “Our ancestors have inherited lies, worthless and unprofitable gods.”

20“People can’t make gods for themselves. They aren’t really gods.

21That is what I will teach them. This time I will make my power and my strength known to them. Then they will know that my name is the Lord.”