Jeremiah 5:24-28

‘They do not say in their heart, “Let us now fear the Lord our God, Who gives rain in its season, Both the autumn rain and the spring rain, Who keeps for us The appointed weeks of the harvest.”

‘Your wrongdoings have turned these away, And your sins have kept good away from you.

‘For wicked people are found among My people, They watch like fowlers lying in wait; They set a trap, They catch people.

‘Like a cage full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit; Therefore they have become great and rich.

‘They are fat, they are sleek, They also excel in deeds of wickedness; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the orphan, so that they may be successful; And they do not defend the rights of the poor.