Jeremiah 5:26

For among My people are found wicked men; they pry, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

25Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good from you.

27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit; therefore they are become great, and waxen rich;

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Cross References

Psalms 10:9He lieth in wait in a secret place as a lion in his lair, he lieth in wait to catch the poor; he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him up in his net.

Proverbs 1:11If they say: 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk for the innocent without cause;

Isaiah 58:1Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a horn, and declare unto My people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.

Jeremiah 18:22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

Micah 7:2The godly man is perished out of the earth, and the upright among men is no more; they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

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 →

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