NET Bible
"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."
— Jeremiah 5:27, NET Bible
“As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.”
“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.”
“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.”
They do not say to themselves,“Let us revere the LORD our God. It is he who gives us the autumn rains and the spring rains at the proper time. It is he who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.”
Your misdeeds have stopped these things from coming. Your sins have deprived you of my bounty.’
“Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people.
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.
That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.
I will certainly punish them for doing such things!” says the LORD.“I will certainly bring retribution on such a nation as this!
“Something horrible and shocking is going on in the land of Judah: