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'For wicked people are found among My people, They watch like fowlers lying in wait; They set a trap, They catch people.

For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

'Like a cage full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit; Therefore they have become great and rich.

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

'They are fat, they are sleek, They also excel in deeds of wickedness; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the orphan, so that they may be successful; And they do not defend the rights of the poor.

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.

'Shall I not punish them for these things?' declares the LORD, 'Or shall I not avenge Myself On a nation such as this?'

Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord : shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?