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 misdeeds have stopped these things from coming. Your sins have deprived you of my bounty.’ 26“Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people. Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful. 28That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor. 29I will certainly punish them for doing such things!” says the Lord. “I will certainly bring retribution 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• As a cageכְּלוּבkelûb · basketH3619
• is fullמָלֵאmâlê' · fullH4392
• of birdsעוֹף‛ôph · birdH5775
• their housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• of deceitמִרְמָהmirmâh · deceitH4820
• therefore they are become greatגָּדַלgâdal · to magnifyH1431
• and waxen richעָשַׁר‛âshar · to enrichH6238

Cross-references for Jeremiah 5:27

• Revelation 18:2He shouted with a powerful voice: “Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detested beast.
• Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.
• Hosea 12:7The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.
• Amos 8:4Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.
• Micah 1:12Indeed, the residents of Maroth hope for something good to happen, though the Lord has sent disaster against the city of Jerusalem.
• Micah 6:10“I will not overlook, O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away, or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much.
• Habakkuk 2:9The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches 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)

In the dictionaries

• Bird
• Cage
• Correction
• Deceit
• Net
• Basket
• Exodus, the Book of
• Hunting
• Jeremiah (2)

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