Jeremiah 5:26-29

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²⁶ For the wicked are found among my people.
    They lie in wait like hunters;
destroyers,^[a] they catch humans.^(A)
27 Like a cage full of birds,
    their houses are full of treachery;
therefore they have become great and rich;^(B)
28     they have grown fat and sleek.
They know no limits in deeds of wickedness;
    they do not judge with justice
the cause of the orphan, to make it prosper,
    and they do not defend the rights of the needy.^(C)
29 Shall I not punish them for these things?
            says the Lord,
    and shall I not bring retribution
    on a nation such as this?^(D)