Jeremiah 5:27
25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
- KJV
- As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
- WEB
- As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
- ASV
- As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
- DARBY
- As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves.
- BLB
- Like a cage full of birds, so their houses [are] full of deceit; upon thus they have become great and grown rich,
- ÅB
- Som et bur er fullt av fugler, slik er deres hus fulle av svik; derfor er de blitt store og rike.
- OTB
- Som bur fulle av fugler, er deres hus fulle av svik; derfor har de blitt store og rike.
- B1930
- Som et bur er fullt av fugler, således er deres hus fulle av svik; derfor er de blitt store og rike.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 9:6
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
Read in contextAmos 8:4–6
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Read in contextProverbs 1:11–13
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
Read in contextMicah 1:12
For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
Read in contextRevelation 18:2
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Read in contextHosea 12:7–8
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Read in contextHabakkuk 2:9–11
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
Read in contextMicah 6:10–11
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
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