Jeremiah 5:27

A Conservative Version

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grown rich.

Cross References

Revelation 18:2

And he cried out in a mighty voice, saying, Babylon the great has fallen, has fallen, and became a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hated bird.

Micah 1:12

For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 9:6

Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit. Through deceit they refuse to know me, says LORD.

Jeremiah 8:5

Why then has this people of Jerusalem slid back by a perpetual backsliding? They hold firm deceit. They refuse to return.

Jeremiah 12:1

Thou are righteous, O LORD, when I contend with thee. Yet I would reason the case with thee. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those at ease who deal very treacherously?

Zephaniah 1:9

And in that day I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master's house with violence and deceit.

Job 12:6

The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure. Into whose hand God brings [abundantly].

Isaiah 3:14

LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the rulers of it. It is ye who have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of a poor man is in your houses.

Hosea 12:9

But I am 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.