Jeremiah 2:20-22

International Standard Version

²⁰ “For long ago I broke your yoke
    and tore off your bonds,
But you said, ‘I won’t serve you!’
    Instead, on every high hill
and under every green tree,
    you bend down to commit fornication.
²¹ I planted you myself as a choice vine,
    from the very best seed.^[a]
How did you turn against me
    into a degenerate and foreign vine?
²² Though you wash yourself with lye
    and use much soap,
the stain of your guilt is still before me,”
        declares the Lord God.