Jeremiah 2:7-9

7I brought you into the 1fruitful land To eat its fruit and its good things. But you came and 2defiled My land, And My inheritance you made an abomination.8The 3priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’ And those who handle the law 4did not know Me; The 5rulers also transgressed against Me, And the 6prophets prophesied by Baal And walked after 7things that did not profit.

9“Therefore I will yet 8contend with you,” declares the Lord, “And with your sons’ sons I will contend.