Jeremiah 5:26-31

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²⁶ Among my people are wicked men who lurk for victims like a hunter hiding in a blind. They set their traps for men. ²⁷ Like a coop full of chickens their homes are full of evil plots. And the result? Now they are great and rich, ²⁸ they are well fed and well groomed, and there is no limit to their wicked deeds. They refuse justice to orphans and the rights of the poor. ²⁹ Should I sit back and act as though nothing is going on? the Lord God asks. Shouldn’t I punish a nation such as this?

³⁰ A horrible thing has happened in this land— ³¹ the priests are ruled by false prophets, and my people like it so! But your doom is certain.