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24 They do not say in their hearts,
    ‘Let us fear the Lord our God,
who gives the rain in its season,
    the autumn rain and the spring rain,
and keeps for us
    the weeks appointed for the harvest.’
25 Your iniquities have turned these away,
    and your sins have kept good from you.
26 For wicked men are found among my people;
    they lurk like fowlers lying in wait.[a]
They set a trap;
    they catch men.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:26 Heb uncertain

24 They do not say to themselves,
    ‘Let us fear(A) the Lord our God,
who gives autumn and spring rains(B) in season,
    who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.’(C)
25 Your wrongdoings have kept these away;
    your sins have deprived you of good.(D)

26 “Among my people are the wicked(E)
    who lie in wait(F) like men who snare birds
    and like those who set traps(G) to catch people.

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