Jeremiah 5:24-26

Easy-to-Read Version

²⁴ The people of Judah never say to themselves,
    ‘Let’s fear and respect the Lord our God.
He gives us autumn and spring rains at just the right time.
    He makes sure that we have the harvest at just the right time.’
²⁵ You don’t have these blessings because you have done wrong.
    Your sins have kept these good things away from you.
²⁶ There are evil men among my people.
    They are like men who make nets for catching birds.^[a]
They set their traps,
    but they catch people instead of birds.