Jer 5:27 | NET2full | STEP | Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit . That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful .

‏ Jeremiah 5:27

27 Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, ^{▼▼tn The words, “that have been caught” are not in the text but are implicit in the comparison.}
their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. ^{▼▼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.}
That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful. ^{▼▼tn Heb “therefore they have gotten great and rich.”}