5 Thus says the Lord:“What injustice have your fathers found in Me,That they have gone far from Me,Have followed idols,And have become idolaters?
6 Neither did they say, ‘Where is the Lord,Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt,Who led us through the wilderness,Through a land of deserts and pits,Through a land of drought and the shadow of death,Through a land that no one crossedAnd where no one dwelt?’
7 I brought you into a bountiful country,To eat its fruit and its goodness.But when you entered, you defiled My landAnd made My heritage an abomination.
8 The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’And those who handle the law did not know Me;The rulers also transgressed against Me;The prophets prophesied by Baal,And walked after things that do not profit.
9 “Therefore I will yet bring charges against you,” says the Lord,“And against your children’s children I will bring charges.
10 For pass beyond the coasts of Cyprus and see,Send to Kedar and consider diligently,And see if there has been such a thing.
11 Has a nation changed its gods,Which are not gods?But My people have changed their GloryFor what does not profit.