Jeremiah 2:20-25

20“For long ago 12I broke your yoke And tore off your bonds; But you said, ‘I will not serve!’ For on every 3high hill And under every green tree You have lain down as a harlot.21Yet I 4planted you a choice vine, A completely faithful seed. How then have you turned yourself before Me Into the 5degenerate shoots of a foreign vine?22Although you 6wash yourself with lye And 7use much soap, The 8stain of your iniquity is before Me,” declares the Lord 9God.23“10How can you say, ‘I am not defiled, I have not gone after the 11Baals’? Look at your way in the 12valley! Know what you have done! You are a swift young camel 13entangling her ways,24A 14wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness, That sniffs the wind in her passion. In the time of her 15heat who can turn her away? All who seek her will not become weary; In her month they will find her.25Keep your feet from being unshod And your throat from thirst; But you said, ‘16It is 17hopeless! No! For I have 18loved strangers, And after them I will walk.’