Jeremiah 2:30-32

The Voice

³⁰    I tried to discipline your sons, but it didn’t work; they wouldn’t listen.
        You destroyed the prophets I sent to speak truth to you.
    You devoured them as a lion does his prey.

³¹People of this generation, consider again the word of the Eternal.

Eternal One: Have I been a barren wasteland to Israel with nothing to offer?
        Am I no more than a land cloaked in darkness to them?
    Why do My own people say to Me,
        “We would rather wander where we want than come to You”?
³²    Does a young woman ever forget her jewelry?
        Does a bride forget to bring along her wedding dress?
    And yet My people forgot Me long, long ago.