Jeremiah 2:3-5

GOD’S WORD Translation

³Israel was set apart for the Lord.
It was the best part of the harvest.
All who devoured it became guilty,
and disaster struck them,’ ” declares the Lord.

⁴Listen to the Lord’s word, descendants of Jacob,
all the families in the nation of Israel.
⁵This is what the Lord says:
What did your ancestors find wrong with me
that they went so far away from me?
They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves.

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