Jeremiah 3:22-24

EasyEnglish Bible

Now you should say,
“Yes, we will return to you,
    because you are the Lord our God.
²³ The false gods that we worship on the hills have deceived us.
    Our wild parties on the mountains have not helped us.
Only the Lord our God can really save Israel.
²⁴ Since we were a young nation,
    we have seen all our good things disappear.
The useless gods that we worshipped have taken them.
    They took away the things that our ancestors worked to get.
They took away our sheep and our cows.
    They even took away our sons and our daughters.