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Like a cageכִּכְלוּבfullמָלֵאof birds,עוֹףsoכֵּןtheir housesבָּתֵּיהֶםare fullמְלֵאִיםof deceit;מִרְמָהthereforeעַל כֵּןthey have become greatגָּדְלוּand grown rich.וַיַּעֲשִׁירוּ
Jeremiah 5:27
Study it in the app“Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and grown rich.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 5:27, word by word
- Like a cageכְלוּבcheluv
cage
A closed basket where captured birds are kept alive.
Where else “cheluv” appears- fullמָלֵאmale
full
Full, complete. "Full silver" is the full price.
Where else “male” appears- of birdsעוֹףof
bird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appears- their housesבָּתֵּיbate
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bate” appears- of deceitמִרְמָהmirma
deceit
Deceit, fraud, treachery.
Where else “mirma” appears- they have become greatגָּדְלוּgadlu
make great
To give someone importance; do wonderful deeds.
Where else “gadlu” appears- and grown richיַּעֲשִׁירוּyaashiru
make rich, become rich
Make rich; grow rich.
Where else “yaashiru” appears
The context
26For among my people are found wicked men; they watch like the crouching of fowlers; they set a trap; they catch men.
27 · This verse (above)
28They have grown fat, they are sleek; they also go beyond the deeds of evil; the cause they do not plead, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the justice of the needy they do not defend.