Jeremiah 2:5-7

New Catholic Bible

What fault did your ancestors find in me
    that causes them to stray so far from my side,
pursuing worthless idols^[a]
    and thereby becoming worthless themselves?
⁶ They never thought to ask, “Where is the Lord
    who brought us up from the land of Egypt
and led us through the wilderness,
    through a land of deserts and ravines,
a land of drought and intense darkness,
    a land through which no one travels,
    and a land in which no one dwells?”
⁷ I brought you into a fertile land
    bursting forth with fruit and rich produce.
But when you entered, you defiled my land
    and made my heritage loathsome.