Jeremiah 5:27
Good News Translation
27 Just as a hunter fills a cage with birds, they have filled their houses with loot. That is why they are powerful and rich,
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Jeremiah 5:27
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
27 Like a cage full of birds,
their houses are full of treachery;
therefore they have become great and rich;(A)
Jeremiah 5:27
Complete Jewish Bible
27 Their houses are as full of fraud
as a cage full of birds.
They grow rich and great,
Jeremiah 5:27-29
The Message
To Stand for Nothing and Stand Up for No One
26-29 “My people are infiltrated by wicked men,
unscrupulous men on the hunt.
They set traps for the unsuspecting.
Their victims are innocent men and women.
Their houses are stuffed with ill-gotten gain,
like a hunter’s bag full of birds.
Pretentious and powerful and rich,
hugely obese, oily with rolls of fat.
Worse, they have no conscience.
Right and wrong mean nothing to them.
They stand for nothing, stand up for no one,
throw orphans to the wolves, exploit the poor.
Do you think I’ll stand by and do nothing about this?”
God’s Decree.
“Don’t you think I’ll take serious measures
against a people like this?
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