Jeremiah 5:27
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 waxen rich.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, coupe.
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- Amos 8:4–6Rank 1 from verse 27
4¶ Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
5Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
6That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
4¶ Heare this, O ye that swallow vp the needy, euen to make the poore of the land to faile,
5Saying, When will the ‖newe Moone be gone, that we may sell corne? and the Sabbath, that wee may †set forth wheat, making the Ephah small, and the shekel great, and †falsifying the balances by deceit?
6That wee may *buy the poore for siluer, & the needie for a paire of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheate?
- Habakkuk 2:9–11Rank 2 from verse 27
9¶ Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
10Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
9¶ *‖†Woe to him that coueteth an euill couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that hee may be deliuered from the power of euill.
10Thou hast consulted shame to thy house, by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soule.
11‖‖For the stone shall crie out of the wall, and the beame out of the timber shall answere it.
- Hosea 12:7–8Rank 3 from verse 27
7¶ He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
8And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
7¶ ‖‖ He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: hee loueth to oppresse.
8‖†And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I haue found mee out substance: in all my labours they shall finde none iniquitie in mee, that were sinne.
- Jeremiah 9:6Rank 4 from verse 27
- Micah 1:12Rank 5 from verse 27
- Proverbs 1:11–13Rank 6 from verse 27
11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
11If they say, Come with vs, let vs lay wait for blood, let vs lurke priuily for the innocent without cause:
12Let vs swallow them vp aliue, as the graue, and whole, as those that goe downe into the pit:
13Wee shall finde all precious substance, wee shall fill our houses with spoile:
- Revelation 18:2Rank 7 from verse 27
2And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
2And he cryed mightily with a strōg voyce, saying, *Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of deuils, and the hold of euery foule spirit, and a cage of euery vncleane and hatefull bird:
- Micah 6:10–11Rank 8 from verse 27
10¶ Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
11Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
10¶ ‖†Are there yet the treasures of wickednesse in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable.
11‖Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitfull weights?
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Jeremiah 5:27
An enclosure for confining birds.
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Buildings or dwelling places; by extension, the families, households, estates, possessions, royal lines, or bodies of people associated with them.
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Falsehood, guile, fraud, trickery, or a purpose, word, or act intended to mislead.
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Become, grown, or passed into the stated condition.
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Possessing abundance, wealth, resources, value, fruitfulness, or fullness.
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26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
26‖For among my people are found wicked men: they lay waite as hee that setteth snares, they set a trap, they catch men.
27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
27‖As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
Selected passage28They 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.
28**They are waxen fat, they shine: yea they ouerpasse the deedes of the wicked: they iudge not the cause, the cause of the fatherlesse, yet they prosper: and the right of the needy doe they not iudge.