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Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Jeremiah 5:27

cage: or, coop, This is, without doubt, a reference to a decoy or trap-cage, as Dr. Blayney renders; in which fowlers place several tame birds, to decoy the others into the snare prepared for them. Revelation 18:2 so are: Proverbs 1:11-1 Chronicles :, Hosea 12:7, Hosea 12:8, Amos 8:4-Joshua :, Micah 1:12, Micah 6:10, Micah 6:11, Habakkuk 2:9-1 Kings : Reciprocal: Nehemiah 9:25 - did eat Job 12:6 - tabernacles Psalms 55:11 - deceit Isaiah 2:7 - land Isaiah 3:14 - ye have eaten Isaiah 59:14 - ... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Jeremiah 5:28

waxen: Deuteronomy 32:15, Job 15:27, Job 15:28, Job 21:23, Job 21:24, Psalms 73:6, Psalms 73:7, Psalms 73:12, Psalms 119:70, Amos 4:1, James 5:4, James 5:5 overpass: Jeremiah 2:33, Ezekiel 5:6, Ezekiel 5:7, Ezekiel 16:47-1 Thessalonians :, 1 Corinthians 5:1 judge: Jeremiah 22:15-Psalms :, Job 29:12-2 Chronicles :, Psalms 72:4, Psalms 82:2-Numbers :, Isaiah 1:23, Zechariah 7:10 yet: Jeremiah 12:1, Job 12:6, Psalms 73:12 Reciprocal: Exodus 23:6 - General Deuteronomy 1:17 - ye shall hear... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 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.Their houses — They fill their houses with the goods of those they deceive, and over-reach. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Jeremiah 5:28

They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.Overpass — They go beyond the Heathens themselves in wickedness. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 5:26-28

26-28. Wicked men The fact of their rebellion, as well as its extent and bitter fruits, is set forth in the prevalent corruption. Men make a prey of each other; they are false to one another; they are prosperous in their wickedness; they close their ears to the prayer of the needy and the orphaned. read more

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