# Jeremiah 5:6

> The King James Version (1769) is in the public domain in the United States.

- Edition: kjv
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- Book: [Jeremiah](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah)
- Chapter: [Jeremiah 5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/5)
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Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and 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.