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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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Evil Within the Church
Commentators are struck that the wicked are found "among my people." This isn't a problem with outsiders, but with those inside the community of faith. Scholars like Spurgeon and Calvin stress that this wickedness was pervasive, not isolated, serving as a solemn warning that evil can thrive even among those who profess to follow God.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They sin against the God:
19th Century
Anglican
They lay wait. —Literally, he lies in wait (used of the leopard in Hosea 13:7), as in the crouching down of …
Baptist
For among my people are found wicked men:
Among my people, says the Lord—in the very church itself, making as loud a profe…
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16th Century
Protestant
What the previous verse contains is confirmed here: that the Jews, through their own fault, had deprived themselves of God’s favor. This was necess…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For among my people are found wicked men Not a few only, but in general they appeared to be so, upon an inquiry into…
Unhumbled hearts are ready to charge God with being unjust in their afflictions. But they can read their sin in their punishment. If people inquire…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet speaks of the guilt of the rulers, which is frequently the cause of the guilt of their subjects. Therefore, he says,
