Jeremiah 5:6-8

Easy-to-Read Version

⁶So a lion from the forest will attack them.
    A wolf from the desert will kill them.
A leopard is hiding near their cities,
    to tear to pieces anyone who comes out.
That’s because the people have sinned again and again.
    Many times they have wandered away from God.

⁷God says, “People of Judah, why should I forgive you?
    Your children have abandoned me.
    They made promises to idols that are not really gods!
I gave your children everything they needed,
    but they were still unfaithful to me!
    They spent their time with prostitutes.
⁸They are like horses that have had plenty to eat and are ready to mate.
    They are like a horse that is calling its neighbor’s wife.