"What wrong did your fathers find in me
that they went far from me,
and went after worthlessness,
and became worthless?
2 6 They did not say, 'Where is Yahweh
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 none passes through,
where no man dwells?
2 7 And I brought you into a plentiful land
to enjoy its fruits and its good things.
But when you came in you defiled my land,
and made my heritage an abomination.
2 8 The priests did not say, 'Where is Yahweh?'
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.
2 9 "Therefore I still contend with you,
says Yahweh,
and with your children's children I will contend.
2 10 For cross to the coasts of Cyprus and see,
or send to Kedar and examine with care;
see if there has been such a thing.
2 11 Has a nation changed its gods,
even though they are no gods?
But my people have changed their glory
for that which does not profit.
2 12 Be appalled, O heavens, at this,
be shocked, be utterly desolate,
says Yahweh,
2 13 for my people have committed two evils:
they have forsaken me,
the fountain of living waters,
and hewed out cisterns for themselves,
broken cisterns, that can hold no water.