Jeremiah 2:29-37

29“Why do you contend with Me? You have 1all transgressed against Me,” declares the Lord.30“2In vain I have struck your sons; They accepted no chastening. Your 3sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion.31O generation, heed the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, Or a 4land of thick darkness? Why do My people say, ‘5We are free to roam; We will no longer come to You’?32Can a virgin forget her ornaments, Or a bride her attire? Yet My people have 6forgotten Me Days without number.33How well you prepare your way To seek love! Therefore even 7the wicked women You have taught your ways.34Also on your skirts is found The 8lifeblood of the innocent poor; You did not find them 9breaking in. But in spite of all these things,35Yet you said, ‘I am innocent; Surely His anger is turned away from me.’ Behold, I will 10enter into judgment with you Because you 11say, ‘I have not sinned.’36Why do you 12go around so much Changing your way? Also, 13you will be put to shame by Egypt As you were put to shame by 14Assyria.37From this place also you will go out With 15your hands on your head; For the Lord has rejected 16those in whom you trust, And you will not prosper with them.”