~ The Lord Is Forsaken By Israel ~

 This is what the Lord says:

"What fault did your fathers find in Me,
that they strayed so far from Me?
They followed worthless idols
and became worthless themselves.
They did not ask, 'Where is the Lord,
who brought us up out of Egypt
and led us through the barren wilderness,
through a land of deserts and rifts,
a land where no one travels and no one lives?
I brought you into a fertile land
to eat its fruit and rich produce.
But you came and defiled My land
and made My inheritance detestable.
The priests did not ask,
'Where is the Lord?'
Those who deal with the law did not know Me;
the leaders rebelled against Me.
The prophets prophesied by Baal,
following worthless idols."

(Jeremiah 2:5-8)