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26 For the wicked are found among my people.
    They lie in wait like hunters;
destroyers,[a] they catch humans.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 5.26 Meaning of Heb uncertain

26 “Among my people are the wicked(A)
    who lie in wait(B) like men who snare birds
    and like those who set traps(C) to catch people.

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27 Like a cage full of birds,
    their houses are full of treachery;
therefore they have become great and rich;(A)

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27 Like cages full of birds,
    their houses are full of deceit;(A)
they have become rich(B) and powerful

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10 They do not know how to do right, says the Lord,
    those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.(A)

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10 “They do not know how to do right,(A)” declares the Lord,
    “who store up in their fortresses(B)
    what they have plundered(C) and looted.”

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saying, “When will the new moon be over
    so that we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath,
    so that we may offer wheat for sale?
We will make the ephah smaller and the shekel heavier
    and practice deceit with false balances,(A)

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saying,

“When will the New Moon(A) be over
    that we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath be ended
    that we may market(B) wheat?”(C)
skimping on the measure,
    boosting the price
    and cheating(D) with dishonest scales,(E)

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