Jeremiah 2:2-5

CLV(i) 2 `Go, and you have called in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said Yahweh:I have remembered for you The kindness of your youth, the love of your espousals, Your going after Me in a wilderness, in a land not sown." 3 Holy [is] Israel to Yahweh, The first-fruit of His increase, All consuming him are guilty, Evil comes in unto them, an affirmation of Yahweh." 4 Hear a word of Yahweh, O house of Jacob, And all you families of the house of Israel." 5 Thus said Yahweh:What--have your fathers found in Me perversity, That they have gone far off from Me, And go after the vanity, and become vain,