Jeremiah 2:30-32

GOD’S WORD Translation

³⁰“I have punished your children without results.
They didn’t respond to correction.
You killed my prophets like a raging lion.

³¹“Consider the Lord’s word, people of this generation.
Haven’t I been a desert, a land of thick darkness, for Israel?
Why do my people say that they are free to wander around
and no longer come to me?
³²A young woman can’t forget her jewelry or a bride her veils.
Yet, my people have forgotten me for countless days.

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