Jeremiah 5:7-9

New Century Version

⁷ The Lord said, “Tell me why I should forgive you.
    Your children have left me
    and have made promises to idols that are not gods at all.
I gave your children everything they needed,
    but they still were like an unfaithful wife to me.
    They spent much time in houses of prostitutes.
⁸ They are like well-fed horses filled with sexual desire;
    each one wants another man’s wife.
⁹ Shouldn’t I punish the people of Judah for doing these things?” says the Lord.
    “Shouldn’t I give a nation such as this the punishment it deserves?