New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Jeremiah 5
25 ’Your iniquities have turned these away, And your sins have withheld good from you.
26 ’For wicked men are found among My people, They watch like fowlers lying in wait; 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 rich.
28 ’They are fat, they are sleek, They also excel in deeds of wickedness; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the orphan, that they may prosper; And they do not defend the rights of the poor.
29 ’Shall I not punish these people?’ declares the Lord, ’On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?’
30 "An appalling and horrible thing Has happened in the land:
31 The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule on their own authority; And My people love it so! But what will you do at the end of it?
Jeremiah 6
1 "Flee for safety, O sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem! Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa And raise a signal over Beth-haccerem; For evil looks down from the north, And a great destruction.
2 "The comely and dainty one, the daughter of Zion, I will cut off.
3 "Shepherds and their flocks will come to her, They will pitch their tents around her, They will pasture each in his place.
4 "Prepare war against her; Arise, and let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the day declines, For the shadows of the evening lengthen!