Jeremiah 5:1, 2, 7-9, 26, 27

“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem, look around and consider, search through her squares. If you can find but one person who deals honestly and seeks the truth, I will forgive this city.

Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ still they are swearing falsely.”

“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I supplied all their needs, yet they committed adultery and thronged to the houses of prostitutes. They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing for another man’s wife. Should I not punish them for this?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?

“Among my people are the wicked who lie in wait like men who snare birds and like those who set traps to catch people.

Like cages full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; they have become rich and powerful