They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, *Who will see them?*
Jeremiah 5:26 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For among My people are found wicked men; they watch like fowlers who lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men. American Standard Version (1901) For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men. Common English Bible Criminals are found among my people; they set traps to catch people, like hunters lying in wait. Catholic Public Domain Version For the impious are found among my people; they lie in ambush like fowlers setting snares, for they set traps to catch men. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For among my people are found wicked men that lie in wait as fowlers, setting snares and traps to catch men. |
They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, *Who will see them?*
If they say, *Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood; let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.
Cry aloud, don't spare, lift up your voice like a shofar, and declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Ya`akov their sins.
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
For my people are foolish, they don't know me; they are foolish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short efah that is accursed?
The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.
and so also were Ya`akov and Yochanan, sons of Zavdai, who were partners with Shim`on. Yeshua said to Shim`on, *Don't be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive.*