New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 5:26-31

26For wicked men are found among My people, They 1watch like fowlers 2lying in wait; They set a trap, They catch men.27Like a cage full of birds, So their houses are full of 3deceit; Therefore they have become great and rich.28They are 4fat, they are sleek, They also 5excel in deeds of wickedness; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the 6 7orphan, that they may prosper; And they do not 8defend the rights of the poor.29 9Shall I not punish 10these people?’ declares the Lord, ‘On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?’

30“An appalling and 11horrible thing Has happened in the land:31The 12prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule 13on their own authority; And My people 14love it so! But what will you do at the end of it?

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Notes

1. Jeremiah 5:26 Ps 10:9; Prov 1:11; Jer 18:22; Hab 1:15 ↩
2. Jeremiah 5:26 Perhaps, crouching down ↩
3. Jeremiah 5:27 Jer 9:6 ↩
4. Jeremiah 5:28 Deut 32:15 ↩
5. Jeremiah 5:28 Lit pass over, or, overlook deeds ↩
6. Jeremiah 5:28 Or fatherless ↩
7. Jeremiah 5:28 Is 1:23; Jer 7:6; 22:3; Zech 7:10 ↩
8. Jeremiah 5:28 Lit judge ↩
9. Jeremiah 5:29 Jer 5:9; Mal 3:5 ↩
10. Jeremiah 5:29 Or for these things ↩
11. Jeremiah 5:30 Jer 23:14; Hos 6:10 ↩
12. Jeremiah 5:31 Ezek 13:6 ↩
13. Jeremiah 5:31 Lit over their own hands ↩
14. Jeremiah 5:31 Mic 2:11 ↩

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