Jeremiah 2:7-9

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁷ And I brought you into a plentiful land to enjoy its fruits and good things. But when you entered, you defiled My land and made My heritage an abomination [detestable and loathsome].

⁸ [Even] the priests did not say, Where is the Lord? And those who handle the law [given by God to Moses] knew Me not. The rulers and secular shepherds also transgressed against Me, and the prophets prophesied by [the authority and in the name of] Baal and followed after things that do not profit.

⁹ Therefore I will still contend with you [by inflicting further judgments on you], says the Lord, and with your children’s children will I contend.