The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hand.
Jeremiah 5:27 - English Standard Version 2016 Like a cage full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and 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 are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hand.
The Lord will enter into judgment with the elders and princes of his people: “It is you who have devoured the vineyard, the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
Righteous are you, O Lord, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
Why then has this people turned away in perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return.
Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.
I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.
For the inhabitants of Maroth wait anxiously for good, because disaster has come down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.
On that day I will punish everyone who leaps over the threshold, and those who fill their master’s house with violence and fraud.
And he called out with a mighty voice, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.