Jer 5:26-28 | NASB2020 | STEP | ‘For wicked people are found among My people , They watch like fowlers lying in wait ; They set a trap , They catch people .

a Ps 10:9; Prov 1:11; Jer 18:22; Hab 1:15

Jeremiah 5:26-28

26 ‘For wicked people are found among My people,
They ^awatch like fowlers ^{▼▼Perhaps, crouching down}lying in wait;
They set a trap,
They catch people.
27 ‘Like a cage full of birds,
So their houses are full of ^cdeceit;
Therefore they have become great and rich.
28 ‘They are ^dfat, they are sleek,
They also ^{▼▼Lit pass over; or overlook deeds}excel in deeds of wickedness;
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the ^{▼▼Or fatherless
,} ^gorphan, so that they may be successful;
And they do not ^{▼▼Lit judge}defend the rights of the poor.