Jeremiah 2:14 - 2:19

“Is Israel a slave? Or is he a homeborn slave?

Why has he become plunder?

The young lions have roared at him;

They have given forth their voice.

And they have made his land a desolation;

His cities have been turned into ruin, without inhabitant.

Also the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes

Have shaved the top of your head.

Have you not done this to yourself

By your forsaking Yahweh your God

When He led you in the way?

But now what are you doing on the road to Egypt,

To drink the waters of the Nile?

Or what are you doing on the road to Assyria,

To drink the waters of the River?

Your own evil will chastise you,

And your acts of faithlessness will reprove you;

Know therefore and see that it is evil and bitter

For you to forsake Yahweh your God,

And the dread of Me is not in you,” declares Lord Yahweh of hosts.