Jeremiah 5:26-28

The Voice

²⁶     Lurking among My own people are the wicked
        who watch and wait, preying on the less fortunate.
    Like hunters who set traps for birds,
        they ensnare people for their own benefit.
²⁷     Like a cage full of noisy birds, their homes are filled with screeching lies.
        This is how they have become so rich and important—because others fell for their lies.
²⁸     This is how they have grown so fat and polished.
        Their evil deeds know no boundaries.
    They do not take the side of the orphaned to help them prosper.
        They do not seek justice for the poor;