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Jeremiah 5:27
27As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves.
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 turned away these things, and your sins have withholden from you what is good. 26For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as fowlers stoop down; they set a trap, they catch men. As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves. 28They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge. 29Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Read all of Jeremiah 5Jeremiah 5:27 word by word
כִּכְלוּב֙ מָ֣לֵא ע֔וֹף כֵּ֥ן בָּתֵּיהֶ֖ם מְלֵאִ֣ים מִרְמָ֑ה עַל־כֵּ֥ן גָּדְל֖וּ וַֽיַּעֲשִֽׁירוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Jeremiah 5:27
- Revelation 18:2And he cried with a strong voice, saying, Great Babylon has fallen, has fallen, and has become the habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hated bird;
- Proverbs 1:11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
- Hosea 12:7[He is] a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
- Amos 8:4Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,
- Micah 1:12For the inhabitress of Maroth waited anxiously for good; but evil hath come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.
- Micah 6:10Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure [which is] abominable?
- Habakkuk 2:9Woe to him that getteth iniquitous gain to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of evil!
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
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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
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