Jeremiah 2:23-25

Good News Translation

²³ How can you say you have not defiled yourself,
    that you have never worshiped Baal?
Look how you sinned in the valley;
    see what you have done.
You are like a wild camel in heat,
    running around loose,
²⁴     rushing into the desert.^[a]
When she is in heat, who can control her?
No male that wants her has to trouble himself;
    she is always available in mating season.
²⁵ Israel, don't wear your feet out,
    or let your throat become dry
    from chasing after other gods.
But you say, ‘No! I can't turn back.
    I have loved foreign gods
    and will go after them.’”