Jeremiah 2:5-6

New International Version

“What fault did your ancestors find in me,
    that they strayed so far from me?
They followed worthless idols^(A)
    and became worthless^(B) themselves.
⁶ They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord,
    who brought us up out of Egypt^(C)
and led us through the barren wilderness,
    through a land of deserts^(D) and ravines,^(E)
a land of drought and utter darkness,
    a land where no one travels^(F) and no one lives?’