Jeremiah 5:26-28

Modern English Version

²⁶ For among My people are found wicked men.
    They lie in wait, as he who sets 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 have become great and rich.
²⁸     They are fat, they are sleek.
Indeed, they excel in deeds of wickedness.
    They do not judge the cause of the fatherless,
so that they may prosper;
    and the right of the needy they do not defend.