Catholic Public Domain Version
"For the impious are found among my people; they lie in ambush like fowlers setting snares, for they set traps to catch men. "
— Jeremiah 5:26, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.”
“For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men. ”
“For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.”
““Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people.”
“For among my people are found wicked men, that lie in wait as fowlers, setting snares and traps to catch men.”
“For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.”
“For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.”
But the heart of this people has become incredulous and provocative; they have turned away and departed.
And they have not said in their heart: ‘Let us dread the Lord our God, who gives us the timely and the late rains, in their proper time, who guards the full measure of the yearly harvest for us.’
Your iniquities have turned these things away, and your sins have held back good things from you.
For the impious are found among my people; they lie in ambush like fowlers setting snares, for they set traps to catch men.
Just as a snare is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. As a result, they have become exalted and enriched.
They have grown stout and fat. And they have transgressed my words most wickedly. They have not judged the case of the widow; they have not given guidance to the case of the orphan; and they have not judged a judgment for the poor.
Shall I not visit against these things, says the Lord? Or shall my soul not take vengeance on a nation of this kind?