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."
— Jeremiah 5:27, King James Version
“As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich. ”
“As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.”
“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.”
“As a net is full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit: therefore are they become great and enriched.”
“As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.”
“As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.”
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.
Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
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.
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;