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Jeremiah 5:27
New English Translation
Jeremiah 5:27
New English Translation
27 Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught,[a]
their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit.[b]
That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful.[c]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 5:27 tn The words, “that have been caught” are not in the text but are implicit in the comparison.
- Jeremiah 5:27 tn Heb “are filled with deceit.” The translation assumes a figure of speech of cause for effect (metonymy). Compare the same word in the same figure in Zeph 1:9.
- Jeremiah 5:27 tn Heb “therefore they have gotten great and rich.”
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