Jeremiah 2:29-31

21st Century King James Version

²⁹ “Why will ye plead with Me? Ye all have transgressed against Me,” saith the Lord.

³⁰ “In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.

³¹ O generation, see ye the word of the Lord! Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? A land of darkness? Why say My people, ‘We are lords; we will come no more unto Thee’?