Jeremiah 2:14-19

International Children’s Bible

¹⁴ Have the people of Israel become slaves?
    Have they become like someone who was born a slave?
    Why was their wealth stolen?
¹⁵ Enemies roar like lions at Israel.
    They growl at Israel.
They have destroyed the land of Israel.
    The cities of Israel have been burned,
    and all the people have left.
¹⁶ The men from the Egyptian cities of Memphis and Tahpanhes
    have disgraced you by shaving the top of your head.
¹⁷ You have brought this on yourselves.
    You turned away from me, the Lord your God,
    when I led you in the way.
¹⁸ It did not help to go to Egypt
    and drink from the Shihor River.
It did not help to go to Assyria
    and drink from the Euphrates River.
¹⁹ Your evil will bring punishment to you.
    The wrong you have done will teach you a lesson.
Think about it and understand.
It is a terrible evil to turn away from the Lord your God.
    It is wrong not to fear me,”
    says the Lord, the Lord of heaven’s armies.