Jeremiah 5:25-29

‘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.

‘Shall I not punish them for these things?’ declares the Lord, ‘Or shall I not avenge Myself On a nation such as this?’