Jeremiah 5:27

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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 among My people are found wicked men; they pry, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

28They are waxen fat, they are become sleek; yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they might make it to prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:11If they say: 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk for the innocent without cause;

Jeremiah 9:6(9-5) Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know Me, saith the LORD.

Hosea 12:8(12-9) And Ephraim said: 'Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth; in all my labours they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.'

Amos 8:4Hear this, O ye that would swallow the needy, and destroy the poor of the land,

Micah 6:10Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 5:26-31

Expostulation with Israel. ( b. c. 608.) 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. 27 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… Read the whole commentary →

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