Jeremiah 2:19-21

New International Reader's Version

¹⁹You will be punished because you have sinned.
    You will be corrected for turning away from me.
I am the Lord your God.
    If you desert me, bad things will happen to you.
If you do not respect me, you will suffer bitterly.
    I want you to understand that,”
    announces the Lord who rules over all.

²⁰“Long ago you broke off the yoke I put on you.
    You tore off the ropes I tied you up with.
    You said, ‘I won’t serve you!’
In fact, on every high hill
    you lay down like a prostitute.
    You worshiped other gods under every green tree.
²¹You were like a good vine when I planted you.
    You were a healthy plant.
Then how did you turn against me?
    How did you become a bad, wild vine?