Jeremías 5:27
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
Context
This verse from Jeremías Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. Dios pide a Jeremías que busque en Jerusalén aunque sea una sola persona que practique la justicia. No la encuentra; el pueblo endureció su rostro más que la roca y se negó a regresar.
Otras traducciones
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.
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.
Referencias cruzadas
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the …
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the …
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall …
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without …
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that …
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.