Jeremiah 5:26

Jeremiah 5:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
• New International Version (NIV)“Among my people are the wicked who lie in wait like men who snare birds and like those who set traps to catch people.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For wicked men are found among my people; they lurk like fowlers lying in wait. They set a trap; they catch men.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘For among My people are found wicked men; They lie in wait as one who sets snares; They set a trap; They catch men.

Context of Jeremiah 5:26

24They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’ 25Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty. For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men. 27Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich. 28They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.

Jeremiah 5:26 word by word

כִּי־נִמְצְא֥וּ בְעַמִּ֖י רְשָׁעִ֑ים יָשׁוּר֙ כְּשַׁ֣ךְ יְקוּשִׁ֔ים הִצִּ֥יבוּ מַשְׁחִ֖ית אֲנָשִׁ֥ים יִלְכֹּֽדוּ׃Read the interlinear

• Forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• amongמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• My peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• are wicked menרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• they watchשׁוּרshûr · to seeH7789
• like fowlersיָקוּשׁyâqûsh · fowlerH3353
• lying in waitשָׁכַךְshâkak · to subsideH7918
• they setנָצַבnâtsab · to standH5324
• a trapמַשְׁחִיתmashchîyth · destructionH4889
• to catchלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582

Cross-references for Jeremiah 5:26

• Jeremiah 4:22“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
• Isaiah 58:1“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
• Ezekiel 22:2“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations
• Jeremiah 18:22Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.
• 1 Samuel 19:10Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But David eluded him and the spear struck the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.
• Psalms 10:9He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
• Psalms 64:5They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
• Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
• Habakkuk 1:14You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.
• Luke 5:10and so were his partners James and John, the sons of Zebedee. “Do not be afraid,” Jesus said to Simon. “From now on you will catch men.”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 5:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26They lay wait, as he that setteth snares - A metaphor taken from fowlers, who, having fixed their nets, lie down and keep out of sight, that when birds come, they may be ready to draw and entangle them.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20-31Verses 20-31 Against the God (1) of Creation Jeremiah 5:22, and (2) of Providence Jeremiah 5:24, They sin, not merely by apostasy, but by a general immorality extending to all classes Jeremiah 5:25-28. It is in this immorality that their idolatry has its root. Jeremiah 5:22 The sea is the symbol of restless and indomitable energy, chafing against all resistance, and dashing to pieces the works whereby man endeavors to restrain its fury. Yet God has…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-31Verses 19-31 Unhumbled hearts are ready to charge God with being unjust in their afflictions. But they may read their sin in their punishment. If men will inquire wherefore the Lord doeth hard things unto them, let them think of their sins. The restless waves obeyed the Divine decree, that they should not pass the sandy shores, which were as much a restraint as lofty mountains; but they burst all restraints of God's law, and were wholly gone into…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-28In Jerusalem, some wicked men became wealthy by oppressing orphans and the poor (Jeremiah 7:6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. (Pr 1:11, 17, 18; Ha 1:15). as he that setteth snares--rather, "as fowlers crouch" [Maurer]. trap--literally, "destruction": the instrument of destruction. catch men--not as Peter, to save (Lu 5:10), but to destroy men.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 5:26

• Backsliders
• Snare
• Trap
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Correction
• Deceit
• Fowler
• Net
• Exodus, the Book of
• Jeremiah (2)
• Lay; Laying
• Trap

Commentaries on Jeremiah 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings