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Verse Jeremiah 5:27. _AS A CAGE IS FULL OF BIRDS_] There is no doubt
that the reference here is to a _decoy_ or _trap-cage_, as Dr.
_Blayney_ has rendered it; in these the fowlers put several tame
bir...
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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 immorality
extending to all classes...
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CHAPTER 5
_ 1. The apostate conditions of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 5:1) _
2. The impending judgment (Jeremiah 5:10)
3. Sowing and reaping (Jeremiah 5:19)
4. The horrible thing ...
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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 the sea (_cf._ the rebuke of Job's presumption by the d...
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See summary at beginning of section....
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_cage_ The Hebrew word occurs elsewhere only in Amos (Jeremiah 8:1),
"a _basket_of summer fruit." Here, however, Cheyne (_Pulpit Comm., ad
loc_.), quoting Hitzig, thinks that "the cage was at the same...
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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, because it served the same purpose as a dog in
assisting...
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5. _Social injustice_ (Jeremiah 5:25-29)
TRANSLATION
(25) Your iniquities have turned away these things and your sins have
withheld good from you. (26) For wicked men are found among My people.
They...
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1-9. The universal corruption of the city prevents forgiveness....
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A CAGE. — The large wicker basket (Amos 8:1) in which the fowler
kept the birds he had caught, or, possibly, used for decoy-birds....
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כִּ כְלוּב֙ מָ֣לֵא עֹ֔וף כֵּ֥ן
בָּתֵּיהֶ֖ם מְ
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Jeremiah 5:1; Jeremiah 6:1
CHAPTER IV
THE SCYTHIANS AS THE SCOURGE OF GOD
Jeremiah 4:3 - Jeremiah 6:30
IF we would under
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Having thus declared that judgment was determined on, the prophet now
carefully declared the reason for it. This was, first, the utter
corruption of conduct. Among the people not a man was to lie foun...
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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 sentiment, that never was there a scripture more suit...
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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 Jews, — that _their houses _were _full of fraud, as the...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4, 5, AND 6.
Chapter 4 resumes the subject of Chapter s 2, 3, and, applying it at
that time to the people, tells them that, if they return, it must be
unto th...
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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, so the Targum renders it, a house or place of fatteni...
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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 birds, so are their houses full of
deceit,_] _i.e.,_...
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_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 among the heathen nations, for they are easily found amo...
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BLINDNESS OF HEART, INGRATITUDE, DECEIT, AND VIOLENCE...
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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 RICH, their unrighteous wealth giving them a position o...
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CAGE:
Or, coop...
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19-31 Unhumbled hearts are ready to charge God with being unjust in
their afflictions. But they may read their sin in their punishment. If
men will inquire wherefore the Lord doeth hard things unto t...
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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 and overreach; ill-gotten goods; a metonymy of the e...
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Jeremiah 5:27 cage H3619 full H4392 birds H5775 houses H1004 full
H4392 deceit H4820 great H1431 (H8804) rich...
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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 REBELS, CAUGHT UP IN SIN (JEREMIAH 5:20).
YHWH addres...
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YHWH PRESENTS THE REASONS WHY THE INVASION IS NECESSARY (JEREMIAH
5:1).
Invasion is seen as necessary because there are no righteous people in
Jerusalem, and they are full of adultery (both spiritual...
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Jeremiah 5:10. _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 house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very
tre...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's second message, continued. God's charges against
them and the judgments threatened.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Sinners have reason to expect punishment on account of...
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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. If men knew the grandeur of God, and studied his
perf...
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_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 CHURCH
I. God has a people on earth.
1. His creat...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 5:26 WICKED MEN grow FAT AND SLEEK through
DEEDS OF EVIL. The FATHERLESS had no adult male in the family to
protect a
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. The
description here of unblushing immorality and total disorganisation
leads Kimchi and others to date this chapter after Josiah’s times;...
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EXPOSITION
Is the punishment thought too severe? Then let the moral condition of
Jerusalem be inquired into. Must not such transgressions precipitate
its people into ruin? There are four well-marked...
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Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and
know, and seek in the broad places, if you can find a man, if there be
any that is executing judgment, and that is seeking truth; and...
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Amos 8:4; Habakkuk 2:9; Hosea 12:7; Hosea 12:8; Micah 1:12;...
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Their houses — They fill their houses with the goods of those they
deceive, and over — reach....