5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bands.
6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, 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 can I pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at 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 branches: for they are not the Lord'S.
11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord.