Jeremiah 2:4-13

Names of God Bible

⁴ Listen to the word of Yahweh, descendants of Jacob,
    all the families in the nation of Israel.
⁵ This is what Yahweh says:
    What did your ancestors find wrong with me
    that they went so far away from me?
    They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves.
⁶ They didn’t ask, “Where is Yahweh,
    who brought us from Egypt?
        He led us through the desert,
            through a wasteland and its pits,
                a land of drought and the shadow of death.
                    No one lives there or travels there.”
⁷         I brought them into a fertile land
            to eat its fruit and its produce.
                They came and made my land unclean.^[a]
                    They made my property disgusting.
⁸ The priests didn’t ask, “Where is Yahweh?”
    Those who deal with my teachings didn’t know me.
    The rulers rebelled against me.
    The prophets prophesied in the name of Baal
        and followed statues that couldn’t help them.

⁹ “That is why I am bringing charges against you,” declares Yahweh,
    “and I am bringing charges against your grandchildren.
¹⁰ Go over to the coasts of Cyprus, and see.
    Send someone to Kedar, and observe closely.
    See if there has ever been anything like this.
¹¹ Has any nation ever exchanged gods?
    (Their gods aren’t really gods.)
    Yet, my people have exchanged their Glory
    for something that doesn’t help them.
¹² Be horrified over this, heaven.
    Be terribly afraid,” declares Yahweh.
¹³ “My people have done two things wrong.
    They have abandoned me,
        the fountain of life-giving water.
    They have also dug their own cisterns,
        broken cisterns that can’t hold water.