Jeremiah 2:13-15

New International Reader's Version

¹³ “My people have sinned twice.
They have deserted me,
    even though I am the spring of water that gives life.
And they have dug their own wells.
    But those wells are broken.
    They can’t hold any water.
¹⁴ Are you people of Israel servants?
    You were not born as slaves, were you?
    Then why have you been carried off like stolen goods?
¹⁵ Lions have roared.
    They have growled at you.
They have destroyed your land.
    Your towns are burned and deserted.