Jeremiah 5:26
For wicked men are found with my people. They watch as someone crouches to capture birds; 1 they set a trap and catch people. 1
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25Your iniquities kept these things from happening. Your sins have stopped good from coming to you. 1
27Like a cage full of birds, their houses are full of deceit. 1 So they grow large and become rich. 1
Cross References
Psalms 10:9He lurks in secret like a lion in the thicket; 1 he lies in wait to catch the oppressed. 1 He catches the oppressed when he pulls in his net. 1
Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us, 1 let us lie in wait for blood, 1 let us hide and attack innocent people for no reason. 1
Isaiah 58:1“Cry loudly; do not hold back. Lift up your voice like a trumpet. 1 Confront my people with their rebellion, and the house of Jacob with their sins. 1
Jeremiah 18:22Let a distressed shout be heard from their houses, as you suddenly bring raiders against them. 1 For they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for my feet. 1
Micah 7:2Faithful people have disappeared from the land; 1 there is no upright person in all mankind. 1 They all lie in wait to shed blood; 1 each one hunts his own brother with a net. 1
Luke 5:10This included James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid, because from now on you will catch 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 →