Jeremiah 3:23-25

Good News Translation

²³ We were not helped at all by our pagan worship on the hilltops. Help for Israel comes only from the Lord our God. ²⁴ But the worship of Baal, the god of shame, has made us lose flocks and herds, sons and daughters—everything that our ancestors have worked for since ancient times. ²⁵ We should lie down in shame and let our disgrace cover us. We and our ancestors have always sinned against the Lord our God; we have never obeyed his commands.”