Jeremiah 2:3 CPDV

¹  And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

²  'Go, and cry out to the ears of Jerusalem, saying: Thus says the Lord: I have remembered you, taking pity on your youth and on the charity of your betrothal, when you followed me into the desert, into a land which is not sown.

³  Israel is holy to the Lord, the first of his fruits. All those who devour him commit an offense. Evils will overwhelm them, says the Lord.'

⁴  Listen to the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all you families of the house of Israel.

⁵  Thus says the Lord: 'What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they would draw far away from me, and would walk after emptiness, and would become empty?