Jeremiah 5:6-8

International Children’s Bible

⁶So a lion from the forest will attack them.
    A wolf from the desert will kill them.
A leopard is hiding and waiting for them near their towns.
    It will tear to pieces anyone who comes out of the city.
This will happen because the people of Judah have sinned greatly.
    They have wandered away from the Lord many times.

⁷The Lord said, “Tell me why I should forgive you.
    Your children have left me.
    They 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.
⁸They are like well-fed, male horses filled with sexual desire.
    Each one wants another man’s wife.