Jeremiah 2:6-8

New Catholic Bible

⁶ They never thought to ask, “Where is the Lord
    who brought us up from the land of Egypt
and led us through the wilderness,
    through a land of deserts and ravines,
a land of drought and intense darkness,
    a land through which no one travels,
    and a land in which no one dwells?”
⁷ I brought you into a fertile land
    bursting forth with fruit and rich produce.
But when you entered, you defiled my land
    and made my heritage loathsome.
⁸ The priests did not ask,
    “Where is the Lord?”
Those who dealt with the law did not know me,
    and even the shepherds rebelled against me.
The prophets prophesied by Baal
    and worshiped gods who were powerless.