26 for wicked men live among My people.
They watch like fowlers lying in wait.[a](A)
They set a trap;(B)
they catch men.
27 Like a cage full of birds,
so their houses are full of deceit.(C)
Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:26 Hb obscure

10 The people are incapable of doing right(A)
this is the Lord’s declaration—
those who store up violence and destruction(B)
in their citadels.

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