Jeremiah 5:27
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.In other versions
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
ASV
As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.
BBE
As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves.
DBY
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and grew rich.
WEB
As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.
YLT
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and becoming rich.
ENG
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they have become great, and have grown rich.
WBT
Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
BSB
In context
25Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
28They 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.
29Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?