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.”
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Jeremiah 5:27 Context
25¶ Your iniquities haue turned away these things, & your sinnes haue withholden good things from you. 26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay waite as hee that setteth snares, they set a trap, they catch men. 27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. 28They are waxen fat, they shine: yea they ouerpasse the deedes of the wicked: they iudge not the cause, the cause of the fatherlesse, yet they prosper: and the right of the needy doe they not iudge. 29Shall I not visit for these things, saith the Lord ? shall not my soule be auenged on such a nation as this?
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Other Translations for 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.
- King James Version
'Like a cage full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit; Therefore they have become great and rich.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
- American Standard Version (1901)
As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.
- Basic English Bible
As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves.
- Darby Bible
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they have become great, and have grown rich.
- Webster's Bible
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
- World English Bible
As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.
- Youngs Literal Bible
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit; therefore they are become great, and waxen rich;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 5:27
5:27 Their houses - They fill their houses with the goods of those they deceive, and over - reach.