Jeremiah 3:22-24

New International Reader's Version

²² “You have not been faithful,”
    says the Lord.
“Return to me. I will heal you.
    Then you will not turn away from me anymore.”

“Yes,” the people say. “We will come to you.
    You are the Lord our God.
²³ The gods we worship on the hills
    and mountains are useless.
You are the Lord our God.
    You are the only one who can save us.
²⁴ From our earliest years shameful gods have harmed us.
    They have eaten up everything our people of long ago worked for.
They have eaten up our flocks and herds.
    They’ve destroyed our sons and daughters.