People were called thieves when they were not stealing in man's view. Some of the verses below refer to people as, hypocrites, vipers, liars, murderers and betrayers. Instead of saying some people are murderers they said you are murderers. They stated ye which means you who would be the people they were talking to. This was probably to stir them up more so they would do something about their life, repent and believe.
Weaker talk has less of an impact.
Some of the people referred to in the below verses were actually believers in the church who had the wrong idea. The below verses indicate that the church is too lukewarm and not bold or hot enough. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. The more traffic you send here, the more targeted traffic you get in return. Similar sites that have swapped links.