The tents of robbers prosper,\par\tab And they that provoke God are secure;\par\tab Into whose hand God bringeth {\i abundantly}.\par
Jeremiah 5:27 - American Standard Version 2015 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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,\par\tab And they that provoke God are secure;\par\tab Into whose hand God bringeth {\i abundantly}.\par
Jehovah will enter into judgment 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 Jehovah, when I contend 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.
Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.\par
But I am Jehovah 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 Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.
And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that 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 demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean bird, and a hold of every unclean and hateful beast.