Jeremiah 2:29-31

New Century Version

²⁹ “Why do you complain to 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.
With your swords you killed your prophets
    like a hungry lion.

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