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Jeremiah 5:27
27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. That is why they grew great and rich.
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 these away, your sins have deprived you of bounty. 26For among My people are wicked men, watching like bait-layers lying in wait. They set a trap—they catch men. As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. That is why they grew great and rich. 28They grew fat and sleek. They also overlooked evil deeds. They do not uphold a cause— the cause of an orphan to prosper— nor do they defend the right of the poor. 29Should I not punish them?” says Adonai. “On such a nation should I not avenge Myself?
Read all of Jeremiah 5Jeremiah 5:27 word by word
כִּכְלוּב֙ מָ֣לֵא ע֔וֹף כֵּ֥ן בָּתֵּיהֶ֖ם מְלֵאִ֣ים מִרְמָ֑ה עַל־כֵּ֥ן גָּדְל֖וּ וַֽיַּעֲשִֽׁירוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 5:27
- Revelation 18:2He cried out with a mighty voice, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a den for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit and for every unclean bird and for every unclean and detestable beast.
- Proverbs 1:11Suppose they say: “Come with us! Let’s lie in wait for blood! Let’s ambush the innocent— for no reason!
- Hosea 12:7So you should return to your God, keep covenant loyalty and justice, and wait for your God continually.
- Amos 8:4Hear this, you who trample the poor, destroying the afflicted of the land
- Micah 1:12For she who dwells in Maroth has languished for something good. For calamity has come down from Adonai to Jerusalem’s gate.
- Micah 6:10Does the house of the wicked still have treasures of wickedness? Or is an undersized ephah denounced?
- Habakkuk 2:9Oy to one surely getting unjust gain for his house— to set his nest on high, to escape the reach of calamity!
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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