Jeremiah 5:4-6

EasyEnglish Bible

⁴ I thought, ‘These are poor, foolish people.
They do not understand what the Lord wants them to do.
    They do not know his commands.
⁵ So I will go to speak to the leaders.
    They will surely understand what the Lord wants.
    They will know his commands.’
But all of them have turned against the Lord too.
    They refuse to obey his authority.
⁶ So lions will come out of the forest to attack them.
    Wolves will come from the desert to destroy them.
Leopards will wait outside their cities.
    They will kill anyone who goes outside.^[a]
That will happen because the people have turned against the Lord.
    They have done many bad things.