Jeremiah 5:27

Modern

Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.

Traditional

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

Literal

Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit; upon thus they have become great and grown rich,

Latin

Sicut decipula plena avibus, sic domus eorum plenæ dolo: ideo magnificati sunt et ditati.

Hebrew

English

Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.

In Jerusalem, some wicked men became wealthy by oppressing orphans and the poor (Jeremiah 7:6).

Micah 1:12
For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
Hosea 12:7–8
A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
Proverbs 1:11–13
If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
Revelation 18:2
And 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.
Jeremiah 9:6
You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.
Habakkuk 2:9–11
Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
Amos 8:4–6
Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
Micah 6:10–11
Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?