Jeremiah 5:6-9 Wherefore a lion out of the forest doth slay them, a wolf of the deserts doth spoil them, a leopard watcheth over their cities, every one that goeth out thence is torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, their backslidings are increased.

JPS_ASV_Byz⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁶ Wherefore a lion out of the forest doth slay them, a wolf of the deserts doth spoil them, a leopard watcheth over their cities, every one that goeth out thence is torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, their backslidings are increased. ⁷ Wherefore should I pardon thee? The children have forsaken Me, and sworn by no-gods; and when I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots' houses. ⁸ They are become as well-fed horses, lusty stallions; every one neigheth after his neighbour's wife. ⁹ Shall I not punish for these things? saith the LORD; and shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this?