Jeremiah 2:5

New International Version

⁵This is what the Lord says:

“What fault did your ancestors find in me,
that they strayed so far from me?
They followed worthless idols^(A)
and became worthless^(B) themselves.

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Jeremiah 2:5

New Living Translation

⁵This is what the Lord says:

“What did your ancestors find wrong with me
that led them to stray so far from me?
They worshiped worthless idols,
only to become worthless themselves.

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Jeremiah 2:5

Amplified Bible

⁵Thus says the Lord,

“What injustice or unrighteousness did your fathers find in Me,
That they have wandered far from Me
And [habitually] walked after emptiness and futility and became empty?

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Jeremiah 2:5-6

The Message

^4-6Hear God’s Message, House of Jacob!
    Yes, you—House of Israel!
God’s Message: “What did your ancestors find fault with in me
    that they drifted so far from me,
Took up with Sir Windbag
    and turned into windbags themselves?
It never occurred to them to say, ‘Where’s God,
    the God who got us out of Egypt,
Who took care of us through thick and thin, those rough-and-tumble
    wilderness years of parched deserts and death valleys,
A land that no one who enters comes out of,
    a cruel, inhospitable land?’