7“Why should I forgive you?
Your children have forsaken Me
and sworn by gods that are not gods.
I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery
and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.
8They are well-fed, lusty stallions,
each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.
9Should I not punish them for these things?”
declares the LORD.
“Should I not avenge Myself
on such a nation as this?
— Jeremiah 5:7-9