Jeremiah 2:1-13 2The word of the Lord came to me, saying: 2Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord: I remember the devotion of your youth,    your love as a bride, how you followed me in the wilderness,    in a land not sown.  3 Israel was holy to the Lord,    the first fruits of his harvest. All who ate of it were held guilty;    disaster came upon them, says the Lord.  4 Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel. 5Thus says the Lord: What wrong did your ancestors find in me    that they went far from me, and went after worthless things, and became worthless themselves?  6 They did not say, ‘Where is the Lord    who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us in the wilderness,    in a land of deserts and pits, in a land of drought and deep darkness,    in a land that no one passes through,    where no one lives?’  7 I brought you into a plentiful land    to eat its fruits and its good things. But when you entered you defiled my land,    and made my heritage an abomination.  8 The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’    Those who handle the law did not know me; the rulers* transgressed against me;    the prophets prophesied by Baal,    and went after things that do not profit.  9 Therefore once more I accuse you, says the Lord,    and I accuse your children’s children.  10 Cross to the coasts of Cyprus and look,    send to Kedar and examine with care;    see if there has ever been such a thing.  11 Has a nation changed its gods,    even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory    for something that does not profit.  12 Be appalled, O heavens, at this,    be shocked, be utterly desolate, says the Lord,  13 for my people have committed two evils:    they have forsaken me, the fountain of living water,    and dug out cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns    that can hold no water.