Jeremiah 5:4-6

Complete Jewish Bible

⁴ My reaction was, “These must be the poor,
the foolish, not knowing the way of Adonai
or the rulings of their God.
⁵ I will go to the prominent men,
and I will speak to them;
for they know the way of Adonai
and the rulings of their God.”
But these had completely broken the yoke
and torn the harness off.
⁶ This is why a forest lion kills them,
why a desert wolf can plunder them,
why a leopard guards their cities —
all who leave are torn to pieces —
because their crimes are many,
their backslidings keep increasing.