The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hand.
Jeremiah 5:27 - Revised Standard Version Like a basket full of birds, their houses are full of treachery; 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 enters 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 art thou, O Lord, when I complain to thee; yet I would plead my case before thee. 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, says 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 evil has come down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.
On that day I will punish every one 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! It has become a dwelling place of demons, a haunt of every foul spirit, a haunt of every foul and hateful bird;