John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 5:26 - 5:26

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 5:26 - 5:26


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Jer_5:26 For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

Ver. 26. For among my people are found wicked men.] This was as bad as to find a nettle in a garden, unchastity in a virgin, or the devil in paradise. All the Lord’s people are or ought to be holy.



They lie in wait.
] Or, Watch; or, Prey. See on Mic_7:2.



They set a trap, they catch men.] To spoil them or slay them. Such a one was Otto, the Pope’s Muscipulator (as the story styleth him), i.e., micecatcher, sent hither by Gregory IX to rake and take away our money. Tetzelius, sent by Leo X into Germany, was another.