Jeremiah 2:19-21

New Century Version

¹⁹Your evil will bring punishment to you,
    and the wrong you have done will teach you a lesson.
Think about it and understand
that it is a terrible evil to turn away from the Lord your God.
    It is wrong not to fear me,”
    says the Lord God All-Powerful.

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.
²¹But 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?