Jeremiah 5:27

‘As a cage is full of birds,
So are their houses full of deceit and treachery;
Therefore they have become influential and rich.

Proverbs 1:11-13

If they say, “Come with us;
Let us lie in wait to shed blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;

Jeremiah 9:6

“Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit [oppression upon oppression and deceit upon deceit];
Through deceit they refuse to know (understand) Me,” says the Lord.

Hosea 12:7-8

A merchant, in whose hand are false and fraudulent balances;
He loves to oppress and exploit.

Amos 8:4-6

Hear this, you who trample down the needy, and do away with the poor of the land,

Micah 1:12

For the inhabitant of Maroth (Bitterness)
Writhes in pain [at its losses] and waits anxiously for good,
Because a catastrophe has come down from the Lord
To the gate of Jerusalem.

Micah 6:10-11

“Are there not still treasures gained by wickedness
In the house of the wicked,
And a short (inaccurate) measure [for grain] that is cursed?

Habakkuk 2:9-11

“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who obtains wicked gain for his house [and thinks by so doing]
To set his nest on high,
That he may be rescued from the hand of evil.

And he shouted with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen [certainly to be destroyed] is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons, a dungeon haunted by every unclean spirit, and a prison for every unclean and loathsome bird.

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Summary

Jeremiah 5:27

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

Cage

Revelation 18:2

So are

General references

Proverbs 4:17

Isaiah 59:14

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