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 do not say in their heart, “Let us now fear the Lord our God, Who gives rain in its season, Both the autumn rain and the spring rain, Who keeps for us The appointed weeks of the harvest.” 25Your wrongdoings have turned these away, And your sins have kept good away from you. For wicked people are found among My people, They watch like fowlers lying in wait; They set a trap, They catch people. 27Like a cage full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit; Therefore they have become great and rich. 28They are fat, they are sleek, They also excel in deeds of wickedness; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the orphan, so that they may be successful; And they do not defend the rights of the poor.

Jeremiah 5:26 word by word

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

• For wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• are foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• among My peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• watchשׁוּרshûr · to seeH7789
• like fowlersיָקוּשׁyâqûsh · fowlerH3353
• lyingשָׁכַךְshâkak · to subsideH7918
• They setנָצַבnâtsab · to standH5324
• a trapמַשְׁחִיתmashchîyth · destructionH4889
• They catchלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• peopleאִישׁ'îysh · manH376

Cross-references for Jeremiah 5:26

• Jeremiah 4:22“For My people are foolish, They do not know Me; They are foolish children And have no understanding. They are skillful at doing evil, But they do not know how to do good.”
• Isaiah 58:1“Cry loudly, do not hold back; Raise your voice like a trumpet, And declare to My people their wrongdoing, And to the house of Jacob their sins.
• Ezekiel 22:2“And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then inform her of all her abominations.
• Jeremiah 18:22May a cry be heard from their houses When You suddenly bring raiders upon them; For they have dug a pit to capture me And hidden snares for my feet.
• 1 Samuel 19:10And Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul’s presence, so that he stuck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.
• Psalms 10:9He lurks in secret like a lion in his lair; He lurks to catch the needy; He catches the needy when he pulls him into his net.
• Psalms 64:5They make firm for themselves an evil purpose; They talk of setting snares secretly; They say, “Who can see them?”
• Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us, Let’s lie in wait for blood, Let’s ambush the innocent without cause;
• Habakkuk 1:14Why have You made people like the fish of the sea, Like crawling things that have no ruler over them?
• Luke 5:10and likewise also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not fear; from now on you will be catching people.”

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