25 (A)Your iniquities have turned these away,
    and your sins have kept good from you.
26 For wicked men are found among my people;
    (B)they lurk like fowlers lying in wait.[a]
(C)They set a trap;
    they catch men.
27 Like a cage full of birds,
    their houses are full of deceit;
therefore they have become great and rich;

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:26 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

25 Your wrongdoings have kept these away;
    your sins have deprived you of good.(A)

26 “Among my people are the wicked(B)
    who lie in wait(C) like men who snare birds
    and like those who set traps(D) to catch people.
27 Like cages full of birds,
    their houses are full of deceit;(E)
they have become rich(F) and powerful

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