Commentary for Jeremiah 5:26
כִּי־נִמְצְא֥וּ בְעַמִּ֖י רְשָׁעִ֑ים יָשׁוּר֙ כְּשַׁ֣ךְ יְקוּשִׁ֔ים הִצִּ֥יבוּ מַשְׁחִ֖ית אֲנָשִׁ֥ים יִלְכֹּֽדוּ׃
For among My people are found wicked men; They pry, as fowlers lie in wait; They set a trap, they catch men.
Rashi on Jeremiah
they lie in wait Heb. ישור. Comp. למען שוררי because of those who lie in wait for me (Psalms 27: 11), an expression of “I see him (אשורנו) but not near” (Num. 24:17).
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Rashi on Jeremiah
as a trap bites As a trap that they make to catch deer in the forest, bites when his foot enters it and it bites him and holds onto his foot and he is caught, and the call this (piege in O. F.).
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Rashi on Jeremiah
they stationed an ambush (Canbel in O.F.) So do those who lie in wait make for a city or on the road.
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