NET Bible
"“My, how good you have become at chasing after your lovers! Why, you could even teach prostitutes a thing or two!"
— Jeremiah 2:33, NET Bible
“Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.”
“How trimmest thou thy way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women hast thou taught thy ways. ”
“How well you prepare your way to seek love! Therefore you have taught even the wicked women your ways.”
“Why dost thou endeavour to shew thy way good to seek my love, thou who hast also taught thy malices to be thy ways,”
“With what care are your ways ordered when you are looking for love! so ... your ways.”
“Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.”
“It did no good for me to punish your people. They did not respond to such correction. You slaughtered your prophets like a voracious lion.”
You people of this generation, listen to the LORD’s message.“Have I been like a wilderness to you, Israel? Have I been like a dark and dangerous land to you? Why then do you say,‘We are free to wander. We will not come to you any more?’
Does a young woman forget to put on her jewels? Does a bride forget to put on her bridal attire? But my people have forgotten me for more days than can even be counted.
“My, how good you have become at chasing after your lovers! Why, you could even teach prostitutes a thing or two!
Even your clothes are stained with the lifeblood of the poor who had not done anything wrong; you did not catch them breaking into your homes. Yet, in spite of all these things you have done,
you say,‘I have not done anything wrong, so the LORD cannot really be angry with me any more.’ But, watch out! I will bring down judgment on you because you say,‘I have not committed any sin.’
Why do you constantly go about changing your political allegiances? You will get no help from Egypt just as you got no help from Assyria.