Jeremiah 5:27

Tree of Life Version

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. That is why they grew great and rich.

Cross References

Revelation 18:2

He cried out with a mighty voice, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a den for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit and for every unclean bird and for every unclean and detestable beast.

Micah 1:12

For she who dwells in Maroth has languished for something good. For calamity has come down from Adonai to Jerusalem’s gate.

Jeremiah 9:6

Therefore thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: “I am about to refine them and test them. For what else can I do for the daughter of My people?

Jeremiah 8:5

Why then has this people—Jerusalem— turned away in perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous are You, Adonai, when I plead my case with You. Yet I speak with You about justice. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous thrive?

Zephaniah 1:9

In that day I will punish all who skip over the threshold while filling their master’s House with violence and deceit.

Job 12:6

The tents of marauders prosper, and there is security for those who provoke God— for those whom God brings in His hand.

Isaiah 3:14

Adonai will enter into judgment with the elders of His people and with the princes: “You have devoured the vineyard. The plunder of the poor is in your houses.

Hosea 12:9

Now Ephraim has said: “How rich I have become! I found wealth by myself. I won’t be guilty of any sin with any of my property.”