Jeremías 5:26

26 »Hay hombres perversos entre mi pueblo
que están al acecho de víctimas, como un cazador oculto en su escondite.
Continuamente ponen trampas
para atrapar a la gente.

Jeremías 5:26 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 5:26

For among my people are found wicked men
Not a few only, but in general they appeared to be so, upon an inquiry into their character and conduct; for otherwise it would not have been so difficult to find a good man among them, as is suggested ( Jeremiah 5:1 ) , they lay wait as he that setteth snares;
or, "they look about" ^F3; that is, as Kimchi interprets it, every man looks in the ways, to see if a man passed by, that he might rob him of what he had; as a man that lays snares, or sets a trap to catch birds in: or, "everyone looks out, when they that lay snares rest" ^F4; and so they are more diligent and constant in catching men than such persons are in catching birds: they set a trap;
or "dig a pit, or ditch" ^F5; for men to fall in; see ( Psalms 7:15 ) : they catch men;
and rob them of their substance; or by their ill examples and counsels draw them into sin, and so into ruin; or circumvent them in trade and business.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (rwvy) "aspicit", Vatablus, i. e. "quisque eorum", Piscator; "aspicient", Pagninus.
F4 (Myvwqy Kvk rwvy) "contemplatur quisque, cum quiescunt aucupes", De Dieu; so Ben Melech; "et cum resident aucupes", Piscator, Gataker; "sit quiet and unmoved, that they may not frighten the birds by any noise, watching and expecting when they would get into the net"; so Gussetius.
F5 (tyxvm wbyuh) "fodiunt foveas", Tigurine version.

Jeremías 5:26 In-Context

24 No dicen de corazón:
“Vivamos con temor reverente ante el Señor
nuestro Dios,
porque nos da la lluvia cada primavera y otoño,
asegurándonos una cosecha en el tiempo apropiado”.

25 Su maldad les ha privado de estas maravillosas bendiciones;
su pecado les ha robado todas estas cosas buenas.

26 »Hay hombres perversos entre mi pueblo
que están al acecho de víctimas, como un cazador oculto en su escondite.
Continuamente ponen trampas
para atrapar a la gente.

27 Como una jaula llena de pájaros
sus casas están llenas de planes siniestros.
Ahora son poderosos y ricos.

28 Están gordos y con aspecto saludable,
y sus obras de maldad no tienen límite.
Rehúsan dar justicia al huérfano
y le niegan los derechos al pobre.