Jeremiah 5:4-6

New Century Version

⁴ But I thought,
    “These are only the poor, foolish people.
They have not learned the way of the Lord
    and what their God wants them to do.
⁵ So I will go to the leaders of Judah
    and talk to them.
Surely they understand the way of the Lord
    and know what God wants them to do.”
But even the leaders had all joined together to break away from the Lord;
    they had broken their ties with him.
⁶ So a lion from the forest will attack them.
    A wolf from the desert will kill them.
A leopard is waiting for them near their towns.
    It will tear to pieces anyone who comes out of the city,
because the people of Judah have sinned greatly.
    They have wandered away from the Lord many times.