What wrong did your ancestors find in me
    that they went far from me
and went after worthless things and became worthless themselves?^(A)
6 They did not say, “Where is the Lord,
    who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
who led us in the wilderness,
    in a land of deserts and pits,
in a land of drought and deep darkness,
    in a land that no one passes through,
    where no one lives?”^(B)
7 I brought you into a plentiful land
    to eat its fruits and its good things.
But when you entered you defiled my land
    and made my heritage an abomination.^(C)
8 The priests did not say, “Where is the Lord?”
    Those who handle the law did not know me;
the rulers^[a] transgressed against me;
    the prophets prophesied by Baal
    and went after things that do not profit.^(D)

⁹ Therefore once more I accuse you,
            says the Lord,
    and I accuse your children’s children.^(E)
10 Cross to the coasts of Cyprus and look;
    send to Kedar and examine with care;
    see if there has ever been such a thing.
¹¹ Has a nation changed its gods,
    even though they are no gods?
But my people have changed their glory
    for something that does not profit.^(F)
12 Be appalled, O heavens, at this;
    be shocked; be utterly desolate,
            says the Lord,
¹³ for my people have committed two evils:
    they have forsaken me,
the fountain of living water,
    and dug out cisterns for themselves,
cracked cisterns
    that can hold no water.^(G)

¹¹ “But my people did not listen to my voice;
    Israel would not submit to me.^(B)
12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts,
    to follow their own counsels.^(C)
13 O that my people would listen to me,
    that Israel would walk in my ways!^(D)
14 Then I would quickly subdue their enemies
    and turn my hand against their foes.^(E)
15 Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him,
    and their doom would last forever.
¹⁶ I would feed you^[a] with the finest of the wheat,
    and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”^(F)