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25 “Don’t run until your feet are bare
    and your throat is dry.[a]
But you say, ‘It’s hopeless!
    Because I love foreign gods,[b] I’ll go after them!’”

26 “As a thief is disgraced when he’s caught,
    so the house of Israel is disgraced—
        they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets,
27 who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
    and to a stone, ‘You gave birth to me.’
They have turned their back to me,
    but not their faces.
In the time of their trouble, they’ll say,
    ‘Rise up! Deliver us!’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:25 Lit. Hold back your feet from being bare and your throat from being dry
  2. Jeremiah 2:25 Or foreigners

25 Do not run until your feet are bare
    and your throat is dry.
But you said, ‘It’s no use!(A)
    I love foreign gods,(B)
    and I must go after them.’(C)

26 “As a thief is disgraced(D) when he is caught,
    so the people of Israel are disgraced—
they, their kings and their officials,
    their priests(E) and their prophets.(F)
27 They say to wood,(G) ‘You are my father,’
    and to stone,(H) ‘You gave me birth.’
They have turned their backs(I) to me
    and not their faces;(J)
yet when they are in trouble,(K) they say,
    ‘Come and save(L) us!’

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