Jeremiah 5:25-27

Evangelical Heritage Version

²⁵ But your guilty actions have kept these things at a distance.
Your sins have kept these good things away from you.
²⁶ Wicked men are found among my people.
Like men who trap birds, they lie in wait for my people
    to set traps and catch people.^[a]
27 Like a cage full of birds, their houses are full of deceit.
That is how they became powerful and rich.