Jeremiah 5:6-9 Therefore slayeth them the lion out of the forest, the wolf of the deserts wasteth them, the leopard lieth in wait against their cities: every one that cometh out thence shall be torn in pieces; because many are their transgressions, very numerous are their backslidings.

Leeser⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁶ Therefore slayeth them the lion out of the forest, the wolf of the deserts wasteth them, the leopard lieth in wait against their cities: every one that cometh out thence shall be torn in pieces; because many are their transgressions, very numerous are their backslidings. ⁷ How shall I for this pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by those that are not gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlot’s house. ⁸ As robust horses they rose by times in the morning: every one neighed after the wife of his neighbor. ⁹ Shall I not for these things inflict punishment? saith the Lord: and shall on a nation such as this my soul not be avenged?