Jeremiah 5:8-10

New International Version

⁸ They are well-fed, lusty stallions,
    each neighing for another man’s wife.^(A)
9 Should I not punish them for this?”^(B)
    declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge^(C) myself
    on such a nation as this?

¹⁰ “Go through her vineyards and ravage them,
    but do not destroy them completely.^(D)
Strip off her branches,
    for these people do not belong to the Lord.