26 for wicked men live among My people.
They watch like fowlers lying in wait.[a](A)
They set a trap;(B)
they catch men.
27 Like a cage full of birds,
so their houses are full of deceit.(C)
Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:26 Hb obscure

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

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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.

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10 The people are incapable of doing right(A)
this is the Lord’s declaration—
those who store up violence and destruction(B)
in their citadels.

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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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10 For they know not to do right, saith the Lord, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

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