Jeremiah 5:20-31 - God Warns His People
20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and cry it in Judah, saying,
21 Now hear this, O foolish people and without heart; who have eyes and see not; who have ears and hear not; 22 Do you not fear Me? says Jehovah. Will you not tremble at My presence, I who have placed the sand for the boundary of the sea by a never-ending decree, so that it cannot pass it? And though they toss themselves, yet they cannot prevail; though its waves roar, yet they cannot pass over it? 23 But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and are gone. 24 And they do not say in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, who gives both the former and the latter rain in its season; He reserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest. 25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you. 26 For among My people are found wicked ones; they lie in wait, as one who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men. 27 Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and grown rich. 28 They have become fat, they shine. Yes, they go past the deeds of the wicked; they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may get rich; and they do not judge the right of the needy. 29 Shall I not visit for these things? says Jehovah. Shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30 An astounding and horrible thing has happened in the land. 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so, and what will you do at the end of it?