KJV King James Version
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
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
WEB World English Bible
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
ASV American Standard Version
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 5
24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
25 Your iniquities have turned away these [things], and your sins have withholden good [things] from you.
26 For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
27 As a cage is full of birds, so [are] their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
29 Shall I not visit for these [things]? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
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Hosea 12:7-8[He is] a merchant, the balances of deceit [are] in his hand: he loveth to oppress.Jeremiah 9:6Thine habitation [is] in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.Proverbs 1:11-13If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:Revelation 18:2And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.Micah 1:12For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.Habakkuk 2:9-11Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!Amos 8:4-6Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,Micah 6:10-11Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure [that is] abominable?
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