Jeremiah 2:29-31

International Children’s Bible

²⁹ “Why do you accuse me?
    All of you have turned against me,” says the Lord.
³⁰ “I punished your people, but it did not help.
    They didn’t come back when they were punished.
You killed with your swords the prophets who came to you.
    You were like a dangerous lion.

Have I been like a desert to the people of Israel?
    Have I been like a dark and dangerous land to them?
Why do my people say, ‘We are free to wander.
    We won’t come to you anymore’?