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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 5:27 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Jer 5:27 |
King James |
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
full of deceit--full of treasures got by deceit.
rich-- (Psa 73:12, Psa 73:18-20). |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Their houses - They fill their houses with the goods of those they deceive, and over - reach. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
As a cage is full of birds - There is no doubt that the reference here is to a decoy or trap-cage, as Dr. Blayney has rendered it; in these the fowlers put several tame birds, which when the wild ones see, they come and light on the cage, and fall into the snare. |
18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.