Jeremiah 2:25-27

Lexham English Bible

²⁵ Restrain your foot from being barefoot,
    and your throat from thirst.
But you said, ‘It is hopeless.
    No! For I have loved strangers,
    and after them I will go.’^[a]
26 As the shame of a thief when he is caught in the act,
    so the house of Israel will be ashamed.
They, their kings, their officials,
    and their priests, and their prophets.
²⁷ Those who say to the tree, ‘You are my father,’
    and to the stone, ‘You gave birth to me.’
For they have turned their backs^[b] to me, and not their faces.
    But in the time of their trouble they say, ‘Arise and save us.’