Jeremiah 5:25-31
King James Version
25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
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Jeremiah 5:25-31
New International Version
25 Your wrongdoings have kept these away;
your sins have deprived you of good.(A)
26 “Among my people are the wicked(B)
who lie in wait(C) like men who snare birds
and like those who set traps(D) to catch people.
27 Like cages full of birds,
their houses are full of deceit;(E)
they have become rich(F) and powerful
28 and have grown fat(G) and sleek.
Their evil deeds have no limit;
they do not seek justice.
They do not promote the case of the fatherless;(H)
they do not defend the just cause of the poor.(I)
29 Should I not punish them for this?”
declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge(J) myself
on such a nation as this?
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