Jeremiah 2:9-19

9“Therefore I will yet 1contend with you,” declares the Lord, “And with your sons’ sons I will contend.10For 2cross to the coastlands of 3Kittim and see, And send to 4Kedar and observe closely And see if there has been such a thing as this!11Has a nation changed gods When 5they were not gods? But My people have 6changed their glory For that which does not profit.12Be appalled, 7O heavens, at this, And shudder, be very desolate,” declares the Lord.13“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The 8fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves 9cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water.

14“Is Israel 10a slave? Or is he a homeborn servant? Why has he become a prey?15The young 11lions have roared at him, They have 12roared loudly. And they have 13made his land a waste; His cities have been destroyed, without inhabitant.16Also the 14men of 15Memphis and Tahpanhes Have 16shaved the 17crown of your head.17Have you not 18done this to yourself By your forsaking the Lord your God When He 19led you in the way?18But now what are you doing 20on the road to Egypt, To drink the waters of the 2122Nile? Or what are you doing on the road to Assyria, To drink the waters of the 23Euphrates?1924Your own wickedness will correct you, And your 25apostasies will reprove you; Know therefore and see that it is evil and 26bitter For you to forsake the Lord your God, And 27the dread of Me is not in you,” declares the Lord 28God of hosts.