Jeremiah 2:20-22

New American Standard Bible

²⁰ “For long ago ^[a](A)I broke your yoke
And tore off your restraints;
But you said, ‘I will not serve!’
For on every ^(B)high hill
And under every leafy tree
You have lain down as a prostitute.
²¹ Yet I ^(C)planted you as a choice vine,
A completely faithful seed.
How then have you turned yourself before Me
Into the ^(D)degenerate shoots of a foreign vine?
²² Although you ^(E)wash yourself with lye
And ^[b]use much soap,
The ^(F)stain of your guilt is before Me,” declares the Lord ^[c]God.