Jeremiah 5:27

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

Leeser Tanakh

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 there are found among my people wicked men: they lie in wait, as he that layeth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

28They are grown fat, they are stout; yea, they surpass even the deeds of the wicked: they pronounce no [just] sentence, the sentence of the fatherless, that they might prosper; and the cause of the needy do they not judge.

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:11If they should say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us watch in concealment for the uselessly innocent;

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) Did Ephraim say, I am certainly become rich, I have acquired substance unto myself: it is all through my labors; they will find no iniquity in me, that could be sin.

Amos 8:4Hear this, O ye that are greedy to swallow the needy, and to ruin the poor of the land,

Micah 6:10Are there yet in the house of the wicked man the treasures of wickedness, and the scant accursed measure?

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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