18 but these men (A)lie in wait for their own blood;
    they (B)set an ambush for their own lives.

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18 These men lie in wait(A) for their own blood;
    they ambush only themselves!(B)

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The words of the wicked (A)lie in wait for blood,
    but (B)the mouth of the upright delivers them.

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The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
    but the speech of the upright rescues them.(A)

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26 For wicked men are found among my people;
    (A)they lurk like fowlers lying in wait.[a]
(B)They set a trap;
    they catch men.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:26 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

26 “Among my people are the wicked(A)
    who lie in wait(B) like men who snare birds
    and like those who set traps(C) to catch people.

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