Jeremiah 2:26-30

26“As a thief is disgraced when he is caught, so the people of Israel are disgraced— they, their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets.

27They say to wood, ‘You are my father,’ and to stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to me and not their faces; yet when they are in trouble, they say, ‘Come and save us!’

28Where then are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them come if they can save you when you are in trouble! For you, Judah, have as many gods as you have towns.

29“Why do you bring charges against me? You have all rebelled against me,” declares the LORD .

30“In vain I punished your people; they did not respond to correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravenous lion.