Jeremiah 5:27
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27 Like a cage full of birds,
their houses are full of treachery;
therefore they have become great and rich;(A)
Revelation 18:2
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2 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 bird,
a haunt of every foul and hateful beast.[a](A)
Footnotes
- 18.2 Other ancient authorities read a haunt of every foul and hateful bird
Habakkuk 2:9-11
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9 “Alas for you who get evil gain for your house,
setting your nest on high
to be safe from the reach of harm!”(A)
10 You have devised shame for your house
by cutting off many peoples;
you have forfeited your life.(B)
11 The very stones will cry out from the wall,
and the rafter will respond from the woodwork.
Micah 6:10-11
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10 Can I forget[a] the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked
and the despicable false measure?(A)
11 Can I tolerate wicked scales
and a bag of dishonest weights?(B)
Footnotes
- 6.10 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Micah 1:12
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12 For the inhabitants of Maroth
wait anxiously for good,
yet disaster has come down from the Lord
to the gate of Jerusalem.(A)
Amos 8:4-6
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4 Hear this, you who trample on the needy,
and bring to ruin the poor of the land,(A)
5 saying, “When will the new moon be over
so that we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath,
so that we may offer wheat for sale?
We will make the ephah smaller and the shekel heavier
and practice deceit with false balances,(B)
6 buying the poor for silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and selling the sweepings of the wheat.”(C)
Hosea 12:7-8
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7 A trader in whose hands are false balances,
he loves to oppress.(A)
8 Ephraim has said, “Ah, I am rich;
I have gained wealth for myself;
in all of my gain
no offense has been found in me
that would be sin.”[a](B)
Footnotes
- 12.8 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Jeremiah 9:6
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Footnotes
- 9.6 Cn Compare Gk: Heb Your dwelling in the midst of deceit
Proverbs 1:11-13
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11 If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;
let us wantonly ambush the innocent;(A)
12 like Sheol let us swallow them alive
and whole, like those who go down to the Pit.(B)
13 We shall find all kinds of costly things;
we shall fill our houses with spoil.
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