Jeremiah 2:27

They say to a wooden idol, ¹  ‘You are my father.’ They say to a stone image, ‘You gave birth to me.’ ²  Yes, they have turned away from me instead of turning to me. ³  Yet when they are in trouble, they say, ‘Come and save us!’

Jud 10:8-16; Ps 78:34-37; Ps 115:4-8; Isa 26:16; Isa 44:9-20; Isa 46:6-8; Jer 2:24; Jer 10:8; Jer 22:23; Eze 8:16; Eze 23:35; Ho 5:15; Ho 7:14; Hab 2:18,19

¹ tn Heb “wood…stone…”

² sn The reference to wood and stone is, of course, a pejorative reference to idols made by human hands. See the next verse where reference is made to “the gods you have made.”

³ tn Heb “they have turned [their] backs to me, not [their] faces.”