Jeremiah 5:4-6

Lexham English Bible

⁴ Then I said, “They are just simple people,
    they are foolish,
for they know not the way of Yahweh,
    the law^[a] of their God.
⁵ Let me go to the great,
    and let me speak with them,
for they know the way of Yahweh,
    the law^[b] of their God.”
However, they together have broken the yoke,
    they have torn to pieces the bonds.
⁶ Therefore a lion from the forest will kill them,
    A wolf from the desert plains^[c] will devastate them.
A leopard is watching their cities,
    everyone who goes out from there will be torn,
because their transgressions are many,
    their apostasies are numerous.