Jeremiah 2:5-7

New Century Version

“I was fair to your ancestors,
    so why did they turn away from me?
Your ancestors worshiped useless idols
    and became useless themselves.
⁶ Your ancestors didn’t say,
    ‘Where is the Lord who brought us out of Egypt?
He led us through the desert,
    through a dry and rocky land,
through a dark and dangerous land.
    He led us where no one travels or lives.’
⁷ I brought you into a fertile land
    so you could eat its fruit and produce.
But you came and made my land unclean;
    you made it a hateful place.