Jeremiah 5
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Jeremiah 5:26-31

26For among my peopleH5971 are foundH4672 wickedH7563 men: they lay waitH7789, as he that settethH7918 snaresH3353; they setH5324 a trapH4889, they catchH3920 menH582.1 27As a cageH3619 is fullH4392 of birdsH5775, so are their housesH1004 fullH4392 of deceitH4820: therefore they are become greatH1431, and waxen richH6238.2 28They are waxen fatH8080, they shineH6245: yea, they overpassH5674 the deedsH1697 of the wickedH7451: they judgeH1777 not the causeH1779, the cause of the fatherlessH3490, yet they prosperH6743; and the rightH4941 of the needyH34 do they not judgeH8199. 29Shall I not visitH6485 for these things? saithH5002 YhwhH3068: shall not my soulH5315 be avengedH5358 on such a nationH1471 as this?

30A wonderfulH8047 and horrible thingH8186 is committedH1961 in the landH776;3 31The prophetsH5030 prophesyH5012 falselyH8267, and the priestsH3548 bear ruleH7287 by their meansH3027; and my peopleH5971 loveH157 to have it so: and what will ye doH6213 in the endH319 thereof?4

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Notes

  1. 1. Jeremiah 5:26 they lay…: or, they pry as fowlers lie in wait. ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 5:27 cage: or, coop. ↩
  3. 3. Jeremiah 5:30 A wonderful…: or, Astonishment and filthiness. ↩
  4. 4. Jeremiah 5:31 bear…: or, take into their hands. ↩

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