The People Reject the Lord (JER 18:13-17)

[18:13] The Lord says, “Ask every nation if such a thing has ever happened before. The people of Israel have done a terrible thing!

[18:14] Are Lebanon's rocky heights ever without snow? Do its cool mountain streams ever run dry?

[18:15] Yet my people have forgotten me; they burn incense to idols. They have stumbled in the way they should go; they no longer follow the old ways; they walk on unmarked paths.

[18:16] They have made this land a thing of horror, to be despised forever. All who pass by will be shocked at what they see; they will shake their heads in amazement.

[18:17] I will scatter my people before their enemies, like dust blown by the east wind. I will turn my back on them; I will not help them when the disaster comes.”