Jeremiah 2:21-23

Easy-to-Read Version

²¹ Judah, I planted you like a special vine.
    You were all from good seed.
How did you turn into a different vine
    that grows bad fruit?
²² Even if you wash yourself with lye,
    even if you use much soap,
I can still see your guilt.”
    This message is from the Lord God.
²³ “Judah, how can you say to me,
    ‘I am not guilty because I have not worshiped the Baal idols’?
Think about what you did in the valley.
    Think about what you have done.
You are like a fast she-camel
    that runs from place to place.