Jeremiah 5:26

For among my people were found ungodly men; and they have set snares to destroy men, and have caught them.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 transgressions have turned away these things, and your sins have removed good things from you.

27As a snare which has been set is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore have they grown great, and become rich:

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:11If they should exhort thee, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, 1 And let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth: 1

Isaiah 58:1Cry aloud, and spare not; lift up thy voice as with a trumpet, and declare to my people their sins, and to the house of Jacob their iniquities.

Jeremiah 18:22Let there be a cry in their houses: thou shalt bring upon them robbers suddenly: for they have formed a plan to take me, and have hidden snares for me.

Micah 7:2For the godly is perished from the earth; and there is none among men that orders his way aright: they all quarrel even to blood: they grievously afflict every one his neighbor:

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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