“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

“Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’;
for to all to whom I send you, you shall go,
and whatever I command you, you shall speak.
Do not be afraid of them,
for I am with you to deliver you,
declares the LORD.”

“Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms,
to pluck up and to break down,
to destroy and to overthrow,
to build and to plant.”

“I remember the devotion of your youth,
  your love as a bride,
how you followed me in the wilderness,
  in a land not sown.
Israel was holy to the LORD,
  the firstfruits of his harvest.
All who ate of it incurred guilt;
  disaster came upon them,
declares the LORD.”

“What wrong did your fathers find in me
  that they went far from me,
and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?
They did not say, ‘Where is the LORD
  who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
who led us in the wilderness,
  in a land of deserts and pits,
in a land of drought and deep darkness,
  in a land that none passes through,
  where no man dwells?’
And I brought you into a plentiful land
  to enjoy its fruits and its good things.
But when you came in, you defiled my land
  and made my heritage an abomination.
The priests did not say, ‘Where is the LORD?’
  Those who handle the law did not know me;
the shepherds transgressed against me;
  the prophets prophesied by Baal
  and went after things that do not profit.

“Therefore I still contend with you,
declares the LORD,
  and with your children's children I will contend.
For cross to the coasts of Cyprus and see,
  or send to Kedar and examine with care;
  see if there has been such a thing.
Has a nation changed its gods,
  even though they are no gods?
But my people have changed their glory
  for that which does not profit.
Be appalled, O heavens, at this;
  be shocked, be utterly desolate,
declares the LORD,
for my people have committed two evils:
they have forsaken me,
  the fountain of living waters,
and hewed out cisterns for themselves,
  broken cisterns that can hold no water.

“Is Israel a slave? Is he a homeborn servant?
  Why then has he become a prey?
The lions have roared against him;
  they have roared loudly.
They have made his land a waste;
  his cities are in ruins, without inhabitant.
Moreover, the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes
  have shaved the crown of your head.
Have you not brought this upon yourself
  by forsaking the LORD your God,
  when he led you in the way?
And now what do you gain by going to Egypt
  to drink the waters of the Nile?
Or what do you gain by going to Assyria
  to drink the waters of the Euphrates?
Your evil will chastise you,
  and your apostasy will reprove you.
Know and see that it is evil and bitter
  for you to forsake the LORD your God;
  the fear of me is not in you,
declares the Lord GOD of hosts.

“For long ago I broke your yoke
  and burst your bonds;
  but you said, ‘I will not serve.’
Yes, on every high hill
  and under every green tree
  you bowed down like a whore.
Yet I planted you a choice vine,
  wholly of pure seed.
How then have you turned degenerate
  and become a wild vine?
Though you wash yourself with lye
  and use much soap,
  the stain of your guilt is still before me,
declares the Lord GOD.
How can you say, ‘I am not unclean,
  I have not gone after the Baals’?
Look at your way in the valley;
  know what you have done—
a restless young camel running here and there,
  a wild donkey used to the wilderness,
in her heat sniffing the wind!
  Who can restrain her lust?
None who seek her need weary themselves;
  in her month they will find her.
Keep your feet from going unshod
  and your throat from thirst.
But you said, ‘It is hopeless,
  for I have loved foreigners,
  and after them I will go.’

“As a thief is shamed when caught,
  so the house of Israel shall be shamed:
they, their kings, their officials,
  their priests, and their prophets,
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!’
But where are your gods
  that you made for yourself?
Let them arise, if they can save you,
  in your time of trouble;
for as many as your cities
  are your gods, O Judah.

“Why do you contend with me?
  You have all transgressed against me,
declares the LORD.
In vain have I struck your children;
  they took no correction;
your own sword devoured your prophets
  like a ravening lion.

75:1 We give thanks to you, O God;
  we give thanks, for your name is near.
We recount your wondrous deeds.

“At the set time that I appoint
  I will judge with equity.
When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants,
  it is I who keep steady its pillars.     Selah
I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
  and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn;
do not lift up your horn on high,
  or speak with haughty neck.’”

For not from the east or from the west
  and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,
but it is God who executes judgment,
  putting down one and lifting up another.
For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup
  with foaming wine, well mixed,
and he pours out from it,
  and all the wicked of the earth
  shall drain it down to the dregs.

But I will declare it forever;
  I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
All the horns of the wicked I will cut off,
  but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
  and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
lest the LORD see it and be displeased,
  and turn away his anger from him.

Fret not yourself because of evildoers,
  and be not envious of the wicked,
for the evil man has no future;
  the lamp of the wicked will be put out. (ESV)