Jeremiah 5:27

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Revelation 18:2

And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird!

Micah 1:12

For the inhabitant of Maroth pined for good, But disaster came down from the Lord To the gate of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 9:6

Your dwelling place is in the midst of deceit; Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 8:5

Why has this people slidden back, Jerusalem, in a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit, They refuse to return.

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous are You, O Lord, when I plead with You; Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those happy who deal so treacherously?

Zephaniah 1:9

In the same day I will punish All those who leap over the threshold, Who fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

Job 12:6

The tents of robbers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure— In what God provides by His hand.

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord will enter into judgment With the elders of His people And His princes: “For you have eaten up the vineyard; The plunder of the poor is in your houses.

Hosea 12:9

“But I am the Lord your God, Ever since the land of Egypt; I will again make you dwell in tents, As in the days of the appointed feast.