The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
Jeremiah 5:27 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit and treachery; therefore they have become great and grown rich, American Standard Version (1901) As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich. Common English Bible Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of loot. No wonder they are rich and powerful Catholic Public Domain Version Just as a snare is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. As a result, they have become exalted and enriched. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As a net is full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit: therefore are they become great and enriched. |
The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
The LORD will enter into judgement with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses:
Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
But I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good: because evil is come down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, which fill their master's house with violence and deceit.
And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of devils, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird.