Jeremiah 5:26-27

[26] For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. [27] As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

What is the context of Jeremiah 5:26-27?

A Warning for God’s People (Jeremiah 5:20-31 true)
The Lord Warns a Stubborn People (Jeremiah 5:20-31 true)
Coming Judgment (Jeremiah 5:14-31 true)
Judgment Proclaimed (Jeremiah 5:14-31 true)
The Lord Proclaims Judgment (Jeremiah 5:14-31 true)
The Justice of God’s Judgment (Jeremiah 5:1-31 true)
An Invasion from the North (Jeremiah 5:1-31 true)
Not One Is Upright (Jeremiah 5:1-31 true)

What does Jeremiah 5:26-27 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Many of the Judahites had wickedly tricked their neighbors and had accumulated wealth by deceiving them. They had put their fellow Israelites in their debt, robbed them of their freedom, and so caged them like birds (cf. Habakkuk 2:6; Habakkuk 2:8; Mark 10:19; 1 Thessalonians 4:6; Titus 2:10).

"Birds were snared with a net; men closed the net with cords when a bird came into it. Then the birds were put into a basket (... Micah 7:2)." ^[1]