Jeremiah 5:26-31

Social Injustice and Corrupt Leadership

Jeremiah 5:26-31
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For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
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As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
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They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
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Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
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A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
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The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
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