Jeremiah 2:2-5 Go and call out before the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus hath said the Lord, I remember unto thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thy espousals, thy going after me in the wilderness, through a land that is not sown.

Leeser⁽ⁱ⁾ ² Go and call out before the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus hath said the Lord, I remember unto thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thy espousals, thy going after me in the wilderness, through a land that is not sown. ³ A holy thing is Israel unto the Lord, the first of his fruits: all that devour him shall incur guilt; evil shall come over them, saith the Lord. ⁴ Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all ye families of the house of Israel. ⁵ Thus hath said the Lord, What fault did your fathers find in me, that they went away far from me, and walked after vanity, and became vain?