Jeremiah 5:4-6

Revised Geneva Translation

⁴ Therefore I said, “Surely they are poor, they are foolish. For they do not know the way of the LORD, the judgment of their God.

⁵ “I will go to the great men, and will speak to them. For they have known the way of the LORD, the judgment of their God.” But these have altogether broken the yoke and burst the bonds.

⁶ Therefore, a lion out of the forest shall slay them. And a wolf of the wilderness shall destroy them. A leopard shall watch over their cities. Everyone who goes out there shall be torn in pieces, because their trespasses are many and their rebellions are increased.