Jeremiah 5:6-11

Jeremiah 5:6-11

[6] Wherefore a lion  out of the forest  shall slay  them, and a wolf  of the evenings  shall spoil  them, a leopard  shall watch  over their cities:  every one that goeth out  thence shall  be torn in pieces:  because their transgressions  are many,  and their backslidings  are increased.  [7] How  shall I pardon  thee for this?  thy children  have forsaken  me, and sworn  by them that are no  gods:  when I had fed them to the full,  they then committed adultery,  and assembled themselves by troops  in the harlots'  houses.  [8] They were as fed  horses  in the morning:  every one  neighed  after his neighbour's  wife.  [9] Shall I not visit  for these things? saith  the LORD:  and shall not my soul  be avenged  on such a nation  as this? [10] Go ye up  upon her walls,  and destroy;  but make  not a full end:  take away  her battlements;  for they are not the LORD'S.  [11] For the house  of Israel  and the house  of Judah  have dealt very  against me, saith  the LORD.