^{5 Ref} These are the words of the Lord: What evil have your fathers seen in me that they have gone far from me, and, walking after what is false, have become false?

^{6 Ref} And they never said, Where is the Lord, who took us up out of the land of Egypt; who was our guide through the waste of sand, through an unplanted land full of deep holes, through a dry land of deep shade, which no one went through and where no man was living?

^{7 Ref} And I took you into a fertile land, where you were living on its fruit and its wealth; but when you came in, you made my land unclean, and made my heritage a disgusting thing.

^{8 Ref} The priests did not say, Where is the Lord? and those who were expert in the law had no knowledge of me: and the rulers did evil against me, and the prophets became prophets of the Baal, going after things without value.

^{9 Ref} For this reason, I will again put forward my cause against you, says the Lord, even against you and against your children's children.

^{10 Ref} For go over to the sea-lands of Kittim and see; send to Kedar and give deep thought to it; and see if there has ever been such a thing.

^{11 Ref} Has any nation ever made a change in their gods, though they are no gods? but my people have given up their glory in exchange for what is of no profit.

^{12 Ref} Be full of wonder, O heavens, at this; be overcome with fear, be completely waste, says the Lord.

^{13 Ref} For my people have done two evils; they have given up me, the fountain of living waters, and have made for themselves water-holes, cut out from the rock, broken water-holes, of no use for storing water.