Jeremiah 2:18-20

New Catholic Bible

¹⁸ What advantage would you now achieve
    by traveling to Egypt
    to drink the waters of the Nile?
What would you gain by traveling to Assyria
    to drink the waters of the Euphrates?
¹⁹ Your wickedness will bring about your punishment,
    and your infidelities will condemn you.
Therefore, concentrate your thoughts
    and see how bitter it is
    to forsake the Lord, your God,
and to have no fear of me,
    says the Lord, the God of hosts.
²⁰ A long time ago you broke your yoke
    and burst your bonds,
    saying, “I will not serve.”
On every high hill
    and under every green tree
    you have sprawled and given yourself to harlotry.