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 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.” 25Your 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. 27Like 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. 28That 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.

Jeremiah 5:26 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• For among my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• are foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• they lay waitשׁוּרshûr · to seeH7789
• as he that settethשָׁכַךְshâkak · to subsideH7918
• snaresיָקוּשׁyâqûsh · fowlerH3353
• they setנָצַבnâtsab · to standH5324
• a trapמַשְׁחִיתmashchîyth · destructionH4889
• they catchלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582

Cross-references for Jeremiah 5:26

• Jeremiah 4:22The Lord answered, “This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good.”
• Isaiah 58:1“Shout loudly! Don’t be quiet! Yell as loud as a trumpet! Confront my people with their rebellious deeds; confront Jacob’s family with their sin!
• Ezekiel 22:2“As for you, son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment, are you willing to pronounce judgment on the bloody city? Then confront her with all her abominable deeds!
• Jeremiah 18:22Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into.
• 1 Samuel 19:10Saul tried to nail David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul’s presence and the spear drove into the wall. David escaped quickly that night.
• Psalms 10:9He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.
• Psalms 64:5They encourage one another to carry out their evil deed. They plan how to hide snares, and boast, “Who will see them?”
• Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.
• Habakkuk 1:14You made people like fish in the sea, like animals in the sea that have no ruler.
• Luke 5:10and so were James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who were Simon’s business partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; 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
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• 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