1. Jeremiah 2:5 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What injustice among his people does God complain about?

Jeremiah 2:5 (ESV)

5 Thus says the LORD: “What wrong did your fathers find in me that they went far from me, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?

He complains about the injustice that his people chased other gods almost right from the start. He asks: what injustice have I done to you? A question to which there is only one answer: no injustice! There was really nothing wrong in God. And yet they went after puny gods, good-for-nothings, vanities. And whoever follows those gods becomes like them: you become just as worthless as those idols.