NET Bible
"“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."
— Jeremiah 5:26, NET Bible
“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.”
“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 these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone their own way.
They do not say to themselves,“Let us revere the LORD our God. It is he who gives us the autumn rains and the spring rains at the proper time. It is he who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.”
Your misdeeds have stopped these things from coming. Your sins have deprived you of my bounty.’
“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.
Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful.
That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.
I will certainly punish them for doing such things!” says the LORD.“I will certainly bring retribution on such a nation as this!