Jeremiah 5:5-7

International Standard Version

⁵ Let me go to the leaders^[a] and speak to them.
    For they know the Lord’s way,
        the requirement^[b] of their God.”

“But they, all together, have broken the yoke
    and torn off the restraints.^[c]
6 Therefore a lion from the forest will attack them,
    a wolf from the desert will devastate them.
A leopard is watching their towns,
    and everyone who goes out of them
        will be torn to pieces.
For their transgressions are many,
    and their apostasies numerous.
⁷ Why should I forgive you?
    Your sons have forsaken me,
and you have sworn by those
    who aren’t gods.
When I gave them enough food to satisfy them,
    they committed adultery
    and marched to the prostitute’s house.