Jeremiah 2:29-31

Evangelical Heritage Version

²⁹ Why do you bring charges against me?
You have all rebelled against me, declares the Lord.
³⁰ I punished your people in vain.
They did not respond to correction.
Your own sword has devoured your prophets,
    like a raging lion.

³¹ You people of this generation,
consider the word of the Lord.
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
or a land of deep darkness?
Why do my people say, “We are free to wander.
We will not come to you anymore”?