Jeremiah 2:1-3

Living Bible

2 Again the Lord spoke to me and said:

² Go and shout this in Jerusalem’s streets: This is what the Lord says! I remember how eager you were to please me as a young bride long ago, how you loved me and followed me even through the barren deserts. ³ In those days Israel was a holy people, the first of my children.^[a] All who harmed them were counted deeply guilty, and great evil fell on anyone who touched them.