Jeremiah 2:5-7

Good News Translation

“What accusation did your ancestors bring against me?
    What made them turn away from me?
They worshiped worthless idols
    and became worthless themselves.
⁶ They did not care about me,
    even though I rescued them from Egypt
    and led them through the wilderness:
    a land of deserts and sand pits,
    a dry and dangerous land
    where no one lives
    and no one will even travel.
⁷ I brought them into a fertile land,
    to enjoy its harvests and its other good things.
But instead they ruined my land;
    they defiled the country I had given them.