Jeremiah 5:27
As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.This verse in the real world
In what words
- כְּלוּבkᵉlûwba bird-trap (as furnished with a clap-stick or treadle to spring it); hence, a basket (as
- מִרְמָהmirmâhfraud
- מָלֵאmâlêʼfull (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverb
- עוֹףʻôwpha bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
- גָּדַלgâdalto be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also
- בַּיִתbayitha house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Pro 1:11–13, Hab 2:9–11, Hos 12:7–8, Amo 8:4–6, Rev 18:2, Jer 9:6, Mic 1:12, Mic 6:10–11