New American Standard Bible
""For cross to the coastlands of Kittim and see, And send to Kedar and observe closely And see if there has been such a thing as this!"
— jeremiah 2:10, New American Standard Bible
"I brought you into the fruitful land To eat its fruit and its good things. But you came and defiled My land, And My inheritance you made an abomination.
"The priests did not say, 'Where is the LORD?' And those who handle the law did not know Me; The rulers also transgressed against Me, And the prophets prophesied by Baal And walked after things that did not profit.
"Therefore I will yet contend with you," declares the LORD, "And with your sons' sons I will contend.
"For cross to the coastlands of Kittim and see, And send to Kedar and observe closely And see if there has been such a thing as this!
"Has a nation changed gods When they were not gods? But My people have changed their glory For that which does not profit.
"Be appalled, O heavens, at this, And shudder, be very desolate," declares the LORD.
"For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water.