Jeremiah 2:28
27 They say to a wooden idol, ‘You are my father.’ They say to a stone image, ‘You gave birth to me.’ Yes, they have turned away from me instead of turning to me. Yet when they are in trouble, they say, ‘Come and save us!’ 28 But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them save you when you are in trouble. The sad fact is that you have as many gods as you have towns, Judah. 29 Why do you try to refute me? All of you have rebelled against me,”says the Lord.
LXX Jeremiah 2:28
27 They said to the tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to the stone, ‘You have fathered me.’ And they have turned their back to me, and not their faces, and in the time of their evil they say, ‘Arise and save us! 28 And where are your gods that you have made for yourself? Will they rise up and deliver you in the time of your affliction? For your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah, and they sacrificed to Baal according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem. 29 “Why do you speak to me, all you who act wickedly and all you who act lawlessly toward me?” says the Lord.
Notes and References
"... With regard to the Deuteronomists’ call to return to Yahweh Hans Walter Wolff suggested: “The non-cultic character of the return is noteworthy. The passionate concern for warding off the foreign cults shows no corresponding positive interest in carrying out certain Yahweh rituals. This is especially true of the Jerusalem Temple.” ... LXX Jeremiah 2:28 has a plus: “and they have sacrificed to Baal as many times as there are streets in Jerusalem” ..."
Modine, Mitchel The Dialogues of Jeremiah: Toward a Phenomenology of Exile (p. 84) Gorgias Press, 2014