Jeremiah 2:17-21

English Standard Version

¹⁷^(A)Have you not brought this upon yourself
    by forsaking the Lord your God,
    when ^(B)he led you in the way?
¹⁸^(C)And now what do you gain by going to Egypt
    to drink the waters of ^(D)the Nile?
^(E)Or what do you gain by going to Assyria
    to drink the waters of ^(F)the Euphrates?^[a]
¹⁹^(G)Your evil will chastise you,
    and ^(H)your apostasy will reprove you.
Know and see that it is evil and ^(I)bitter
    for ^(J)you to forsake the Lord your God;
    the fear of me is not in you,
declares the Lord God of hosts.

²⁰“For long ago I ^(K)broke your yoke
    and burst your bonds;
    but you said, ^(L)‘I will not serve.’
Yes, ^(M)on every high hill
    and under every green tree
    you bowed down ^(N)like a whore.
²¹^(O)Yet I planted you a choice vine,
    wholly of pure seed.
^(P)How then have you turned degenerate
    and become a wild vine?