Jeremiah 5:27

New American Bible - revised edition

Their houses are as full of treachery as a bird-cage is of birds; Therefore they grow powerful and rich,

Cross References

Job 12:6

Yet the tents of robbers are prosperous, and those who provoke God are secure, whom God has in his power.

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord enters into judgment with the people’s elders and princes: You, you who have devoured the vineyard; the loot wrested from the poor is in your houses.

Jeremiah 12:1

You would be in the right, O Lord, if I should dispute with you; even so, I must lay out the case against you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper, why do all the treacherous live in contentment?

Jeremiah 8:5

Why then do these people resist with persistent rebellion? Why do they cling to deception, refuse to turn back?

Jeremiah 9:6

Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: I will refine them and test them; how else should I deal with the daughter of my people?

Hosea 12:9

Ephraim has said, “How rich I have become; I have made a fortune!” All his gain will not suffice for the guilt of his sin.

Micah 1:12

The inhabitants of Maroth hope for good, But evil has come down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.

Zephaniah 1:9

I will punish, on that day, all who leap over the threshold, Who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.

Revelation 18:2

He cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great. She has become a haunt for demons. She is a cage for every unclean spirit, a cage for every unclean bird, [a cage for every unclean] and disgusting [beast].