Jeremiah 5:25-31
people <05971> [For.]
scoundrels <07789> [lay wait. or, pry as fowlers lie in wait.]
catch <03920> [catch.]
cage <03619> [cage. or, coop.]
This is, without doubt, a reference to a decoy or trap-cage, as Dr. Blayney renders; in which fowlers place several tame birds, to decoy the others into the snare prepared for them.
houses <01004> [so are.]
they .... fat <08080> [waxen.]
<05674> [overpass.]
plead .................. defend <01777 08199> [judge.]
win <06743> [yet.]
horrible ... shocking <08047 08186> [A wonderful and horrible thing. or, Astonishment and filthiness.]
prophets <05030> [prophets.]
exercise <07287> [bear rule. or, take into their hands. my people.]
<06213> [and what.]
