Jeremiah 5:27
Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
Note cage: or, coop
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- cage
- or, coop. This is, without doubt, a reference to a decoy or trap-cage, as Dr. Blayney renders; in which fowlers place several tame birds, to decoy the others into the snare prepared for them.
- Revelation 18:2
- so are
- Proverbs 1:11–13; Hosea 12:7, 8; Amos 8:4–6; Micah 1:12; Micah 6:10, 11; Habakkuk 2:9–11