Jeremiah 2:26-30

26“As a thief feels ashamed when he’s caught, so the nation of Israel will feel ashamed. Their kings, princes, priests, and prophets will also feel ashamed.

27You call wood your father. You call stone your mother. You’ve turned your backs, not your faces, to me. But when you’re in trouble, you ask me to come and rescue you.

28Where are the gods that you made for yourselves? Let them come and rescue you when you’re in trouble. You have as many gods as you have cities, Judah!

29“Why do you complain about me? All of you have rebelled against me,” declares the Lord.

30“I have punished your children without results. They didn’t respond to correction. You killed my prophets like a raging lion.