Jeremiah 2:14-19
14“Is Israel aa slave? Or is he a homeborn slave?Why has he become plunder?15“The young alions have roared at him;They have given forth their voice.And they have bmade his land a desolation;His cities have been turned into ruin, without inhabitant.16“Also the 1men of aMemphis and TahpanhesHave 2shaved the btop of your head.17“Have you not adone this to yourselfBy your forsaking Yahweh your GodWhen He bled you in the way?18“But now what are you doing aon the road to Egypt,To drink the waters of the 1,bNile?Or what are you doing on the road to Assyria,To drink the waters of the 2River?19“aYour own evil will chastise you,And your bacts of faithlessness will reprove you;Know therefore and see that it is evil and cbitterFor you to forsake Yahweh your God,And dthe dread of Me is not in you,” declares Lord Yahweh of hosts.