Jeremiah 5:4-6

New Life Version

⁴ Then I said, “They are only the poor. They are foolish. For they do not know the way of the Lord or the Law of their God. ⁵ I will go to the great men and will speak to them, for they know the way of the Lord, and the Law of their God.” But they too have broken the load from their neck and have broken the chains. ⁶ So a lion from among the trees will kill them. A wolf of the deserts will destroy them. A leopard is watching their cities. Every one who goes out of them will be torn in pieces, because they have done many sins. They have turned away from the Lord in many ways.