Jeremiah 2:29-31

New International Version

²⁹ “Why do you bring charges against me?
    You have all^(A) rebelled against me,”
declares the Lord.
³⁰ “In vain I punished your people;
    they did not respond to correction.^(B)
Your sword has devoured your prophets^(C)
    like a ravenous lion.

“Have I been a desert to Israel
    or a land of great darkness?^(D)
Why do my people say, ‘We are free to roam;
    we will come to you no more’?^(E)