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And now they are great and rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Like a cage full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and rich;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />As a cage is full of birds, so <i>are</i> their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />As a cage is full of birds, So their houses <i>are</i> full of deceit. Therefore they have become great and grown rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘Like a cage full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit; Therefore they have become great and rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Like a cage full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit; Therefore they have become great and rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Like a cage full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit; Therefore they have become great and rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Like a cage full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit; Therefore they have become great and rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘As a cage is full of birds, So are their houses full of deceit <i>and</i> treachery; Therefore they have become influential and rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have grown powerful and rich. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You are evil, and you lie and cheat to make yourselves rich. You are powerful <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Like cages filled with birds, their houses are filled with deceit. That is why they become powerful and rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Just as a hunter fills a cage with birds, they have filled their houses with loot. That is why they are powerful and rich, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are filled with treachery. This is how they have become prominent and rich,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they have become great, and have grown rich.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />As a cage full of birds, "" So their houses are full of deceit, "" Therefore they have been great, and are rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />As a cane full of birds, so their houses full of deceit: for this they were magnified and they will be rich.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />As a net is full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit: therefore are they become great and enriched. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Just as a snare is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. As a result, they have become exalted and enriched.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Their houses are as full of treachery as a bird-cage is of birds; Therefore they grow powerful and rich, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Like a cage full of birds, their houses are full of treachery; therefore they have become great and rich,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And like a bird cage that is full of birds, so their households are filled with deceit<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />As a cage is full of birds, So are their houses full of deceit; Therefore they are become great, and waxen rich;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />As a snare which has been set is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore have they grown great, and become rich:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/5-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=1669" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Judgment Proclaimed</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">26</span>For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men. <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3619.htm" title="3619: kiḵ·lūḇ (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- A basket, cage. From the same as keleb; a bird-trap; hence, a basket.">Like cages</a> <a href="/hebrew/4392.htm" title="4392: mā·lê (Adj-ms) -- Full. From male'; full or filling; also fulness; adverbially, fully.">full of</a> <a href="/hebrew/5775.htm" title="5775: ‘ō·wp̄ (N-ms) -- Flying creatures. From uwph; a bird, often collectively.">birds,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">so</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bāt·tê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">their houses</a> <a href="/hebrew/4392.htm" title="4392: mə·lê·’îm (Adj-mp) -- Full. From male'; full or filling; also fulness; adverbially, fully.">are full of</a> <a href="/hebrew/4820.htm" title="4820: mir·māh (N-fs) -- Deceit, treachery. From ramah in the sense of deceiving; fraud.">deceit.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">Therefore</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1431.htm" title="1431: gā·ḏə·lū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To grow up, become great. A primitive root; properly, to twist, i.e. To be large.">they have become powerful</a> <a href="/hebrew/6238.htm" title="6238: way·ya·‘ă·šî·rū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To be or become rich. A primitive root; properly, to accumulate; chiefly to grow rich.">and rich.</a> </span><span class="reftext">28</span>They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. / In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-39.htm">Luke 11:39-44</a></span><br />Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. / You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well? / But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-10.htm">Micah 6:10-12</a></span><br />Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed? / Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights? / For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-23.htm">Isaiah 1:23</a></span><br />Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-25.htm">Ezekiel 22:25-29</a></span><br />The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her. / Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them. / Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-13.htm">Matthew 21:13</a></span><br />And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/12-7.htm">Hosea 12:7</a></span><br />A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/8-4.htm">Amos 8:4-6</a></span><br />Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land, / asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales. / Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-3.htm">Zephaniah 3:3-4</a></span><br />Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning. / Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/11-17.htm">Mark 11:17</a></span><br />Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-6</a></span><br />Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/1-11.htm">Proverbs 1:11-13</a></span><br />If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause, / let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit. / We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/1-13.htm">Habakkuk 1:13</a></span><br />Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-1.htm">Isaiah 10:1-2</a></span><br />Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees, / to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-15.htm">Matthew 7:15</a></span><br />Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.</p><p class="hdg">cage.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2</a></b></br> And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.</p><p class="hdg">so are.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/1-11.htm">Proverbs 1:11-13</a></b></br> If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/12-7.htm">Hosea 12:7,8</a></b></br> <i>He is</i> a merchant, the balances of deceit <i>are</i> in his hand: he loveth to oppress… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/8-4.htm">Amos 8:4-6</a></b></br> Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/40-12.htm">Basket</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-26.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Cage</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-10.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-2.htm">Enriched</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-25.htm">Fowls</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-18.htm">Full</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-5.htm">Great</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-2.htm">Grew</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-27.htm">Grown</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-2.htm">Powerful</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-14.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Rich</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-22.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-13.htm">Treachery</a> <a href="/psalms/39-3.htm">Waxed</a> <a href="/judges/1-28.htm">Waxen</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/24-2.htm">Basket</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-33.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-9.htm">Cage</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-13.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-33.htm">Enriched</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-33.htm">Fowls</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-11.htm">Full</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-1.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-28.htm">Grew</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-28.htm">Grown</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-5.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-18.htm">Powerful</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-21.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-23.htm">Rich</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-19.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-1.htm">Treachery</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-28.htm">Waxed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-28.htm">Waxen</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-1.htm">The judgments of God upon the people, for their perverseness;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">for their adultery;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">for their impiety;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-15.htm">for their worship of idols;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-19.htm">for their contempt of God;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-25.htm">and for their great corruption in the civil state;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-30.htm">and ecclesiastical.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical times, birds were often caught and kept in cages, symbolizing confinement and lack of freedom. This metaphor suggests that the people are ensnared by their own deceitful practices. The imagery of birds in cages can also be seen in other scriptures, such as <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 9:12</a>, where humans are caught in evil times like birds in a snare. This reflects the spiritual bondage that results from sin and deceit.<p><b>so their houses are full of deceit</b><br>The "houses" here symbolize not just physical dwellings but also the households and lives of the people. Deceit has permeated their entire existence, indicating a systemic corruption. In the historical context of Jeremiah, the leaders and people of Judah were engaging in dishonest practices, turning away from God's commandments. This deceit is a violation of the covenant relationship with God, as seen in the broader narrative of Jeremiah, where the prophet calls out the people's unfaithfulness and idolatry.<p><b>Therefore they have become powerful and rich</b><br>The accumulation of power and wealth through deceit highlights a moral and spiritual decline. In the ancient Near Eastern context, wealth was often seen as a sign of God's blessing, but here it is obtained through unrighteous means. This reflects a broader biblical theme where ill-gotten gains lead to judgment, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/21-6.htm">Proverbs 21:6</a>, which warns against acquiring treasures through lying. The temporary success of the wicked is contrasted with the ultimate justice of God, a theme that runs throughout the prophetic literature. This also foreshadows the New Testament teachings of Jesus, who warns against storing up treasures on earth through unjust means (<a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-21</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing impending judgment due to its persistent sin and rebellion against God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_deceitful_people.htm">The Deceitful People</a></b><br>The inhabitants of Judah who have filled their homes with deceit, leading to their unjust gain and prosperity.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_deceit.htm">The Danger of Deceit</a></b><br>Deceit can fill our lives like a cage traps birds, leading to spiritual bondage and separation from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/false_security_in_wealth.htm">False Security in Wealth</a></b><br>Accumulating wealth through dishonest means may bring temporary power and riches, but it ultimately leads to judgment and loss.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_integrity.htm">Call to Integrity</a></b><br>As followers of Christ, we are called to live lives of integrity, reflecting God's truth and righteousness in all our dealings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_sin.htm">Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Persistent sin and deceit have consequences, both in our relationship with God and in our earthly lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>God offers forgiveness and restoration to those who turn away from deceit and seek His truth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_some_christians_act_worse.htm">Why do many self-proclaimed Christians behave worse than atheists?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_jer_27_7_contradict_other_prophecies.htm">Does Jeremiah 27:7 contradict other biblical prophecies by suggesting a succession of Babylonian kings long after Nebuchadnezzar?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_judge_deceitful_hearts.htm">(Jeremiah 17:9) If the heart is so deceitful, why would a just God hold humans accountable for following their inherent nature?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_jeremiah_27_5_align_with_science.htm">How can Jeremiah 27:5's claim that God made the earth, humans, and animals be reconciled with current scientific understandings of evolution and cosmology?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) <span class= "bld">A cage.</span>--The large wicker basket (<a href="/context/amos/8-1.htm" title="Thus has the Lord GOD showed to me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.">Amos 8:1-2</a>) in which the fowler kept the birds he had caught, or, possibly, used for decoy-birds.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">A cage</span>. The Hebrew word <span class="accented">klub</span> is used in <a href="/amos/8-1.htm">Amos 8:1</a> for a basket such as was used for fruit; it seems to be the parent of the Greek word <span class="greek">κλωβός</span>, used in the 'Anthology' for a bird-cage. The root means to plait or braid; hence some sort of basket-work seems to be meant. Connecting this with the preceding verse, Hitzig seems right in inferring that the "cage" was at the same time a trap (comp. Ecclus. 11:30, "Like as a partridge taken <span class="accented">in a cage</span> <span class="greek">ἐν καρτάλλῳ</span>, a peculiar kind of basket], so is the heart of the proud"). Canon Tristram suggests that there is an allusion to decoy-birds, which are still much employed in Syria, and are carefully trained for their office ('Natural History of the Bible,' p. 163), But this seems to go beyond the text. <span class="cmt_word">Deceit</span>; <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. the goods obtained by deceit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/5-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Like cages</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּכְלוּב֙</span> <span class="translit">(kiḵ·lūḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3619.htm">Strong's 3619: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bird-trap, a basket</span><br /><br /><span class="word">full of</span><br /><span class="heb">מָ֣לֵא</span> <span class="translit">(mā·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4392.htm">Strong's 4392: </a> </span><span class="str2">Full, filling, fulness, fully</span><br /><br /><span class="word">birds,</span><br /><span class="heb">ע֔וֹף</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·wp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5775.htm">Strong's 5775: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flying creatures</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so</span><br /><span class="heb">כֵּ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(kên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> </span><span class="str2">So -- thus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their houses</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּתֵּיהֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(bāt·tê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are full of</span><br /><span class="heb">מְלֵאִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(mə·lê·’îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4392.htm">Strong's 4392: </a> </span><span class="str2">Full, filling, fulness, fully</span><br /><br /><span class="word">deceit.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִרְמָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(mir·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4820.htm">Strong's 4820: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deceit, treachery</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Therefore</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they have become powerful</span><br /><span class="heb">גָּדְל֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(gā·ḏə·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1431.htm">Strong's 1431: </a> </span><span class="str2">To grow up, become great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and rich.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיַּעֲשִֽׁירוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘ă·šî·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6238.htm">Strong's 6238: </a> </span><span class="str2">To accumulate, chiefly, to grow, rich</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/5-27.htm">Jeremiah 5:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/5-27.htm">Jeremiah 5:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/5-27.htm">Jeremiah 5:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/5-27.htm">Jeremiah 5:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/5-27.htm">Jeremiah 5:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/5-27.htm">Jeremiah 5:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/5-27.htm">Jeremiah 5:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/5-27.htm">Jeremiah 5:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/5-27.htm">Jeremiah 5:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/5-27.htm">Jeremiah 5:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/5-27.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 5:27 As a cage is full of birds (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/5-26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 5:26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 5:26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/5-28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 5:28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 5:28" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>