Jeremiah 5
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Jeremiah 5:25-31

25Your iniquities have turned these things away, And your sins have withheld good from you.

26‘For among My people are found wicked men; They lie in wait as one who sets snares; They set a trap; They catch men.

27As a cage is full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become great and grown rich.

28They have grown fat, they are sleek; Yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the fatherless; Yet they prosper, And the right of the needy they do not defend.

29Shall I not punish them for these things?’ says the Lord. ‘Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?’

30“An astonishing and horrible thing Has been committed in the land:

31The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule by their own power; And My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end?

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