Jeremiah 5:27

Jeremiah 5:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
• New International Version (NIV)Like cages full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; they have become rich and powerful
• English Standard Version (ESV)Like a cage full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and rich;
• New King James Version (NKJV)As a cage is full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become great and grown rich.

Context of Jeremiah 5:27

25Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty. 26For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men. Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich. 28They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy. 29Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

Jeremiah 5:27 word by word

כִּכְלוּב֙ מָ֣לֵא ע֔וֹף כֵּ֥ן בָּתֵּיהֶ֖ם מְלֵאִ֣ים מִרְמָ֑ה עַל־כֵּ֥ן גָּדְל֖וּ וַֽיַּעֲשִֽׁירוּ׃Read the interlinear

• Like cagesכְּלוּבkelûb · basketH3619
• full ofמָלֵאmâlê' · fullH4392
• birdsעוֹף‛ôph · birdH5775
• soכֵּןkên · soH3651
• their housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• deceitמִרְמָהmirmâh · deceitH4820
• Thereforeעַל‛al · uponH5921
• they have become powerfulגָּדַלgâdal · to magnifyH1431
• and richעָשַׁר‛âshar · to enrichH6238

Cross-references for Jeremiah 5:27

• Revelation 18:2And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.
• Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
• Hosea 12:7A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
• Amos 8:4Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
• Micah 1:12For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
• Micah 6:10Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?
• Habakkuk 2:9Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!

Commentaries on Jeremiah 5:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27As a cage is full of birds - There is no doubt that the reference here is to a decoy or trap-cage, as Dr. Blayney has rendered it; in these the fowlers put several tame birds, which when the wild ones see, they come and light on the cage, and fall into the snare.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20-31Verses 20-31 Against the God (1) of Creation Jeremiah 5:22, and (2) of Providence Jeremiah 5:24, They sin, not merely by apostasy, but by a general immorality extending to all classes Jeremiah 5:25-28. It is in this immorality that their idolatry has its root. Jeremiah 5:22 The sea is the symbol of restless and indomitable energy, chafing against all resistance, and dashing to pieces the works whereby man endeavors to restrain its fury. Yet God has…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-31Verses 19-31 Unhumbled hearts are ready to charge God with being unjust in their afflictions. But they may read their sin in their punishment. If men will inquire wherefore the Lord doeth hard things unto them, let them think of their sins. The restless waves obeyed the Divine decree, that they should not pass the sandy shores, which were as much a restraint as lofty mountains; but they burst all restraints of God's law, and were wholly gone into…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-28In Jerusalem, some wicked men became wealthy by oppressing orphans and the poor (Jeremiah 7:6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. full of deceit--full of treasures got by deceit. rich--(Psa 73:12, 18-20).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 5:27

• Backsliders
• Cage
• Deceit
• Rich, the
• Wicked (People)

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings