Bible verse
Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
Jeremiah 5:27 · BSB
The verses around it, from Jeremiah 5.
23 But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone away.
24 They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’
25 Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.
26 For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
27 Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
28 They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
29 Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
30 A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land.
31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
KJV
As a cage is full of birds, so [are] their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
ASV
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
ERV
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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