Jeremiah 2:1-3

New Living Translation

“I remember how eager you were to please me
    as a young bride long ago,
how you loved me and followed me
    even through the barren wilderness.
³ In those days Israel was holy to the Lord,
    the first of his children.^[a]
All who harmed his people were declared guilty,
    and disaster fell on them.
    I, the Lord, have spoken!”