Jeremiah 5:27

As a net, ether a trap, ful of briddis, so the housis of hem ben ful of gile. Therfor thei ben magnefied,

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As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

In Context

26For ther ben foundun in my puple wickid men, settynge tresoun, as fouleres settynge snaris and trappis, to take men.

28and maad riche, maad fat with ynne, and maad fat with outforth, and thei passiden worst my wordis; thei demyden not a cause of a widewe, thei dressiden not the cause of a fadirles child, and thei demyden not the doom of pore men.

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:11If thei seien, Come thou with vs, sette we aspies to blood, hide we snaris of disseitis ayens an innocent without cause;

Jeremiah 9:6Thi dwellyng is in the myddis of gile; in gile thei forsoken to knowe me, seith the Lord.

Amos 8:4Here ye this thing, whiche al to-breken a pore man, and maken nedi men of the lond for to faile;

Revelation 18:2`And he criede with strong vois, `and seide, Greet Babiloyn felde doun, felde doun, and is maad the habitacioun of deuelis, and the keping of ech vnclene spirit, and `the keping of ech vnclene foul, and hateful.

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