The Meaning of Jeremiah 5:27 Explained

Jeremiah 5:27

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

YLT: As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.

Darby: As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves.

ASV: As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Jeremiah 5:27 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 5

1  The judgments of God upon the people, for their perverseness;
7  for their adultery;
10  for their impiety;
15  for their worship of idols;
19  for their contempt of God;
25  and for their great corruption in the civil state;
30  and ecclesiastical

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 5:27 mean?

As a cage is full of birds so their houses [are] full of deceit upon thus they have become great and grown rich
כִּכְלוּב֙ מָ֣לֵא ע֔וֹף כֵּ֥ן בָּתֵּיהֶ֖ם מְלֵאִ֣ים מִרְמָ֑ה עַל־ כֵּ֥ן גָּדְל֖וּ וַֽיַּעֲשִֽׁירוּ

כִּכְלוּב֙  As  a  cage 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּלוּב  
Sense: cage, basket, dog cage.
מָ֣לֵא  is  full 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: מָלֵא  
Sense: full, fullness, that which fills.
ע֔וֹף  of  birds 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹוף  
Sense: flying creatures, fowl, insects, birds.
כֵּ֥ן  so 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
בָּתֵּיהֶ֖ם  their  houses  [are] 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
מְלֵאִ֣ים  full 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: מָלֵא  
Sense: full, fullness, that which fills.
מִרְמָ֑ה  of  deceit 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִרְמָה  
Sense: deceit, treachery.
עַל־  upon 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
כֵּ֥ן  thus 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
גָּדְל֖וּ  they  have  become  great 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: גָּדַל  
Sense: to grow, become great or important, promote, make powerful, praise, magnify, do great things.
וַֽיַּעֲשִֽׁירוּ  and  grown  rich 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: עָשַׁר  
Sense: to be or become rich or wealthy, enrich, pretend to be rich.