Jer 2:27, 32:33, Hos 4:16 | ESV | STEP | who say to a tree , You are my father , and to a stone , You gave me birth . For they have turned their back to me, and not their face . But in the time of their trouble they say , Arise and save us!

Jeremiah 2:27

27 who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
For they have turned their back to me,
and not their face.
But ^ain the time of their trouble they say,
‘Arise and save us!’

Jeremiah 32:33

33 ^bThey have turned to me their back and not their face. And though I have taught them ^cpersistently, they have not listened ^dto receive instruction.

Hosea 4:16

16 Like a stubborn heifer,
Israel is stubborn;
can the Lord now feed them
like a lamb in a broad pasture?