“For wicked men are found among my people. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Jeremiah 5 contains 31 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.