Jeremiah 2:21-23

Tree of Life Version

²¹ Yet I had planted you as a choice vine
from completely faithful seed.
    How then did you become to Me
        a wandering wild vine?
²² Even though you wash with lye
        and use an abundance of soap,
    the stain of your iniquity is before Me.”
It is a declaration of the Lord Adonai.
²³ “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled—
        I have not gone after the Baalim^[a]?
    Look at your behavior in the Valley!
        Recognize what you have done.
    You are a swift young camel
        galloping aimlessly,