Jeremiah 2:25-27

GOD’S WORD Translation

²⁵Don’t run until your feet are bare and your throats are dry.
But you say that it’s useless.
You love foreign gods and follow them.

²⁶“As a thief feels ashamed when he’s caught,
so the nation of Israel will feel ashamed.
Their kings, princes, priests,
and prophets will also feel ashamed.
²⁷You call wood your father.
You call stone your mother.
You’ve turned your backs, not your faces, to me.
But when you’re in trouble, you ask me to come and rescue you.

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