Jeremiah 5:26
For the impious are found among my people; they lie in ambush like fowlers setting snares, for they set traps to catch men.
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25Your iniquities have turned these things away, and your sins have held back good things from you.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:11If they should say: “Come with us. We will lie in wait for blood. We will lay traps against the innocent, without cause.
Isaiah 58:1Cry out! Cease not! Exalt your voice like a trumpet, and announce to my people their wicked acts, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
Jeremiah 18:22Let an outcry be heard from their houses. For you will lead the robber upon them suddenly. For they have dug a pit, so that they may seize me, and they have hidden snares for my feet.
Micah 7:2The holy ones pass away from the land, and there is no one righteous among men. All wait in ambush for blood; a man hunts his brother to death.
Luke 5:10Now the same was true of James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were associates of Simon. And Jesus said to Simon: “Do not be afraid. From now on, you will be catching men.”
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 5:26-31
Expostulation with Israel. ( b. c. 608.) 25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you. 26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. 28 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… Read the whole commentary →