Jeremiah 2:31-37

New King James Version

³¹ “O generation, see the word of the Lord!
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
Or a land of darkness?
Why do My people say, ‘We ^[a]are lords;
^(A)We will come no more to You’?
³² Can a virgin forget her ornaments,
Or a bride her attire?
Yet My people ^(B)have forgotten Me days without number.

³³ “Why do you beautify your way to seek love?
Therefore you have also taught
The wicked women your ways.
³⁴ Also on your skirts is found
^(C)The blood of the lives of the poor innocents.
I have not found it by ^[b]secret search,
But plainly on all these things.
^35 (D)Yet you say, ‘Because I am innocent,
Surely His anger shall turn from me.’
Behold, ^(E)I will plead My case against you,
^(F)Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
^36 (G)Why do you gad about so much to change your way?
Also ^(H)you shall be ashamed of Egypt ^(I)as you were ashamed of Assyria.
³⁷ Indeed you will go forth from him
With your hands on ^(J)your head;
For the Lord has rejected your trusted allies,
And you will ^(K)not prosper by them.