Jeremiah 2:25-27

New English Translation

²⁵ Do not chase after other gods until your shoes wear out
and your throats become dry.^[a]
But you say, ‘It is useless for you to try and stop me
because I love those foreign gods^[b] and want to pursue them!’
²⁶ Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught,
so the people of Israel^[c] will suffer dishonor for what they have done.^[d]
So will their kings and officials,
their priests and their prophets.
²⁷ They say to a wooden idol,^[e] ‘You are my father.’
They say to a stone image, ‘You gave birth to me.’^[f]
Yes, they have turned away from me instead of turning to me.^[g]
Yet when they are in trouble, they say, ‘Come and save us!’