World English Bible
"For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men."
— Jeremiah 5:26, World English 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. ”
““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 this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone.
Neither do they say in their heart, 'Let us now fear Yahweh our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.'
"Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you.
For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excell in deeds of wickedness. They don't plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don't judge the right of the needy.
"Shall I not punish for these things?" says Yahweh. "Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?