King James Version
Jeremiah 5:27 in the King James Version says “As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. cage: o...” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. cage: or, coop”
Jeremiah 5:27 · KJV
Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. they lay: or, they pry as fowlers lie in wait
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. cage: or, coop
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“As a cage”
H3619a bird-trap (as furnished with a clap-stick or treadle to spring it); hence, a basket (as resembling a wicker cage)
“full”
H4392full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
“of birds”
H5775a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“so are their houses”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“full”
H4392full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“therefore they are become great”
H1431to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
“and waxen rich”
H6238properly, to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) rich
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