Jeremiah 2:29-37

New King James Version

²⁹ “Why will you plead with Me?
You all have transgressed against Me,” says the Lord.
³⁰ “In vain I have ^(A)chastened your children;
They ^(B)received no correction.
Your sword has ^(C)devoured your prophets
Like a destroying lion.

³¹ “O generation, see the word of the Lord!
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
Or a land of darkness?
Why do My people say, ‘We ^[a]are lords;
^(D)We will come no more to You’?
³² Can a virgin forget her ornaments,
Or a bride her attire?
Yet My people ^(E)have forgotten Me days without number.

³³ “Why do you beautify your way to seek love?
Therefore you have also taught
The wicked women your ways.
³⁴ Also on your skirts is found
^(F)The blood of the lives of the poor innocents.
I have not found it by ^[b]secret search,
But plainly on all these things.
^35 (G)Yet you say, ‘Because I am innocent,
Surely His anger shall turn from me.’
Behold, ^(H)I will plead My case against you,
^(I)Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
^36 (J)Why do you gad about so much to change your way?
Also ^(K)you shall be ashamed of Egypt ^(L)as you were ashamed of Assyria.
³⁷ Indeed you will go forth from him
With your hands on ^(M)your head;
For the Lord has rejected your trusted allies,
And you will ^(N)not prosper by them.