Jeremiah 5:25-27 Good News Bible (GNB)

25. Instead, your sins have kept these good things from you.

26. “Evildoers live among my people; they lie in wait like those who spread nets to catch birds, but they have set their traps to catch people.

27. Just as a hunter fills a cage with birds, they have filled their houses with loot. That is why they are powerful and rich,

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