Jeremiah 5:4-6

New International Reader's Version

⁴ I thought, “The people of
    Jerusalem are foolish.
They don’t know how the Lord wants them to live.
    They don’t know what their God requires of them.
⁵ So I will go to the leaders.
    I’ll speak to them.
They should know how the Lord wants them to live.
    They must know what their God requires of them.”
But all of them had broken off the yoke the Lord had put on them.
    They had torn off the ropes he had tied them up with.
⁶ So a lion from the forest will attack them.
    A wolf from the desert will destroy them.
A leopard will hide and wait near their towns.
    It will tear to pieces anyone who dares to go out.
Again and again they have refused to obey the Lord.
    They have turned away from him many times.