Jeremiah 2:20-22

New Century Version

²⁰ “Long ago you refused to obey me as an ox breaks its yoke.
    You broke the ropes I used to hold you
    and said, ‘I will not serve you!’
In fact, on every high hill
    and under every green tree
    you lay down as a prostitute.
²¹ But I planted you as a special vine,
    as a very good seed.
How then did you turn
    into a wild vine that grows bad fruit?
²² Although you wash yourself with cleanser
    and use much soap,
    I can still see the stain of your guilt,” says the Lord God.