Jeremiah 2:5

New International Version

⁵This is what the Lord says:

“What fault did your ancestors find in me,
that they strayed so far from me?
They followed worthless idols^(A)
and became worthless^(B) themselves.

Jeremiah 2:5

King James Version

⁵Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

⁵Thus says the Lord:

^(A)“What injustice have your fathers found in Me,
That they have gone far from Me,
^(B)Have followed ^[a]idols,
And have become idolaters?

⁵Thus says the Lord:

^(A)“What wrong did your fathers find in me
that they went far from me,
^(B)and went after ^(C)worthlessness, and became worthless?

New International Version (NIV)