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Jeremiah 5

Jer. 5:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For among my people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
are found
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
men: they ηlay wait
shuwr (Hebrew #7789)
to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for
KJV usage: behold, lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, see.
Pronounce: shoor
Origin: a primitive root (identical with 7788 through the idea of going round for inspection)
, as he that setteth
shakak (Hebrew #7918)
to weave (i.e. lay) a trap; figuratively, (through the idea of secreting) to allay (passions; physically, abate a flood)
KJV usage: appease, assuage, make to cease, pacify, set.
Pronounce: shaw-kak'
Origin: a primitive root
snares
yaquwsh (Hebrew #3353)
properly, entangled, i.e. by implication (intransitively) a snare, or (transitive) a snarer
KJV usage: fowler, snare.
Pronounce: yaw-koosh'
Origin: passive participle of 3369
; they set
natsab (Hebrew #5324)
to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: appointed, deputy, erect, establish, X Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state.
Pronounce: naw-tsab'
Origin: a prim root
a trap
mashchiyth (Hebrew #4889)
destructive, i.e. (as noun) destruction, literally (specifically a snare) or figuratively (corruption)
KJV usage: corruption, (to) destroy(-ing), destruction, trap, X utterly.
Pronounce: mash-kheeth'
Origin: from 7843
, they catch
lakad (Hebrew #3920)
to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
KJV usage: X at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.
Pronounce: law-kad'
Origin: a primitive root
men
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
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or, pry as fowlers lie in wait.

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Jer. 4:22• 22For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. (Jer. 4:22)
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Isa. 58:1• 1Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. (Isa. 58:1)
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Ezek. 22:2‑12• 2Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt show her all her abominations.
 3Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord God, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
 4Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
 5Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
 6Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
 7In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
 8Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
 9In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
 10In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
 11And one hath committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
 12In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God. (Ezek. 22:2‑12)
lay wait.
or, pry as fowlers lie in wait.
Jer. 18:22• 22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. (Jer. 18:22)
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1 Sam. 19:10‑11• 10And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
 11Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain. (1 Sam. 19:10‑11)
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Psa. 10:9‑10• 9He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
 10He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. (Psa. 10:9‑10)
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Psa. 64:5• 5They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? (Psa. 64:5)
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Prov. 1:11,17‑18• 11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
 17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
 18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. (Prov. 1:11,17‑18)
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Hab. 1:14‑15• 14And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
 15They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. (Hab. 1:14‑15)
catch.
Luke 5:10• 10And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. (Luke 5:10)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as fowlers stoop down; they set a trap, they catch men.