Jeremiah 2:31-33

New Catholic Bible

³¹ You of this generation,
    behold the word of the Lord!
Have I been a desert for Israel
    or a land of darkness?
Why then do my people say,
    “We have broken away;
    we will come to you no more”?
³² Does a girl forget her jewelry
    or a bride her sash?
Yet for days beyond number
    my people have forgotten me.
³³ How well you direct your course
    in the pursuit of love.
Even wanton women have profited
    from their observance of your ways.