Jeremiah

³¹Generation, consider the Lord’s word.Have I been a wilderness to Israel?Or a land of thick darkness?Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose.We will come to you no more?’ ³²“Can a virgin forget her ornaments,or a bride her attire?Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number. ³³How well you prepare your way to seek love!Therefore you have even taught the wicked women your ways. ³⁴Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts.You didn’t find them breaking in;but it is because of all these things. ³⁵“Yet you said, ‘I am innocent.Surely his anger has turned away from me.’“Behold, I will judge you,because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’ ³⁶Why do you go about so much to change your ways?You will be ashamed of Egypt also,as you were ashamed of Assyria. ³⁷You will also leave that place with your hands on your head;for the Lord has rejected those in whom you trust,and you won’t prosper with them.