Jeremiah · יִרְמְיָהוּ

Jeremiah 5:26

כִּי־נִמְצְא֥וּ בְעַמִּ֖י רְשָׁעִ֑ים יָשׁוּר֙ כְּשַׁ֣ךְ יְקוּשִׁ֔ים הִצִּ֥יבוּ מַשְׁחִ֖ית אֲנָשִׁ֥ים יִלְכֹּֽדוּ׃
kiy-nimṣʾv bʿamiy rshaʿiym yashvr kshak yqvshiym hiṣiybv mashḥiyt ʾanashiym yilkodv
King James Version (KJV)

For among my people are found wicked {men}: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. {they lay...: or, they pry as fowlers lie in wait}

Modern English

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

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