Jeremiah 5:27

Amos 8:4-6; Habakkuk 2:9-11; Hosea 12:7; Hosea 12:8; Micah 1:12; Micah 6:10; Micah 6:11; Proverbs 1:11-13; Revelation 18:2

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Against the God (1) of Creation Jeremiah 5:22 , and (2) of Providence Jeremiah 5:24 , They sin, not merely by apostasy, but by a general im...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Let Evil-doers Fear Yahweh. The folly of not fearing Yahweh is rebuked by a reminder of the power of Him who has set an impassable limit even to th...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah goes on with the same subject. He made use, as we have said, of a similitude taken from fowling: he now applies this similitude to the...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. As a cage is full of birds - There...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

As a cage is full of birds— A trap-cage. כלוב kelub, comes from כלב keleb, a dog; and this name was undoubtedly given to the trap-cage, bec...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. Full of deceit - full of tre...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-9. The universal corruption of the city prevents forgiveness.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A cage. — The large wicker basket ( Amos 8:1-2 ) in which the fowler kept the birds he had caught, or, possibly, used for decoy-birds.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 5:1-31 ; Jeremiah 6:1-30 CHAPTER IV THE SCYTHIANS AS THE SCOURGE OF GOD Jeremiah 4:3 - Jeremiah 6:30 IF we would understand wh...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus declared that judgment was determined on, the prophet now carefully declared the reason for it. This was, first, the utter corruption of...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The complaint in those verses ends with the same solemn and just enquiry, as we had before. I have often thought, and I see no reason to alter the se...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

As a cage is full of birds ,.... Jarchi and Kimchi understand it of a place in which fowls, are brought up and fattened, what we call a "pen"; and,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

As a cage is full of birds, so [are] their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. Ver. 27. As a cage is full of b...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Your iniquities have turned away these things See note on Jeremiah 3:3 . For among my people are found wicked men I need not search for such amo...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Expostulation with Israel. B. C. 608. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit, i.e. they fill up their houses with the goods and wealth of those that they deceive...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Presents The Reasons Why The Invasion Is Necessary ( Jeremiah 5:1-31 ). Invasion is seen as necessary because there are no righteous people i...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Asks His People Why In View Of His Clearly Revealed Power They Do Not Fear Him, And Concludes That It Is Because They Are Revolutionaries And R...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the chapter . The description here of unblushing immorality and total disorganisation leads Kimchi a...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 5:10-12 . Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for the are not the LORD'S. For the ho...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 5:2 . Though they say the Lord liveth, surely they swear falsely. These words being in every one's mouth, are but words, not sentiments....
The Biblical Illustrator

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great and waxen rich. Wicked professors the bane of the...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Is the punishment thought too severe? Then let the moral condition of Jerusalem be inquired into. Must not such transgressions precip...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Blindness of Heart, Ingratitude, Deceit, and Violence
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit, filled with treasures gained by fraud; therefore they are become great and waxen ric...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Their houses — They fill their houses with the goods of those they deceive, and over — reach.

²⁷ As a cagec is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 5:27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 5:27