Jeremiah 5:27-29

Modern English Version

²⁷ As a cage is full of birds,
    so are their houses full of deceit.
Therefore they have become great and rich.
²⁸     They are fat, they are sleek.
Indeed, they excel in deeds of wickedness.
    They do not judge the cause of the fatherless,
so that they may prosper;
    and the right of the needy they do not defend.
²⁹ Shall I not punish them for these things?
    says the Lord.
Shall not My soul be avenged
    on such a nation as this?