Jeremiah 2:26-37 - Israel Deserves To Be Punished
26 As a thief feels ashamed when he is caught, so the nation of Israel will feel ashamed. Their kings, princes, priests, and prophets will also feel ashamed. 27 You call wood your father. You call stone your mother. You turned your backs, not your faces, to me. But when you are in trouble, you ask me to come and rescue you. 28 Where are the gods that you made for yourselves? Let them come and rescue you when you have trouble. You have as many gods as you have cities, Judah!
29 Why do you complain about me? You have rebelled against me, proclaims Jehovah. 30 I have punished your children without results. They did not respond to correction. You killed my prophets like a raging lion. 31 O you people of this generation consider the word of Jehovah! Have I been a wilderness, 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? 32 A young woman cannot forget her jewelry or a bride her breastband (sash) (girdle). Yet, my people have forgotten me for countless days. 33 You carefully planned ways to look for love. You taught your ways to wicked women. 34 You have bloodstains from innocent poor people on your clothes. You did not kill them for breaking in to your home. 35 After all this you say: 'I am innocent. God will turn his anger from me. For I have not sinned.' 36 You change your mind so easily. You will be shamed by Egypt as you were shamed by Assyria. 37 You will also leave this place with your hands over your head, because Jehovah has rejected those you trust. They will not help you.