Jeremiah 5:7-9

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁷ How can I pardon you?
    Your children have forsaken me,
    and have sworn by those who are no gods.
When I fed them to the full,
    they committed adultery
    and trooped to the houses of prostitutes.
⁸ They were well-fed lusty stallions,
    each neighing for his neighbor’s wife.
⁹ Shall I not punish them for these things?
says the Lord;
    and shall I not bring retribution
    on a nation such as this?