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.

笼内怎样满了雀鸟，他们的房中也照样充满诡诈；所以他们得成为大，而且富足。

笼子怎样装满雀鸟，他们的屋里也照样充满诡诈；他们因此得以强大富足。

笼子怎样装满雀鸟，他们的屋里也照样充满诡诈；他们因此得以强大富足。

他们的家里充满了诡诈，就像笼子装满了鸟。他们变得有财有势，

笼中怎样满了雀鸟，他们的屋里也满了诡诈；他们就因此财雄势大。

籠內怎樣滿了雀鳥，他們的房中也照樣充滿詭詐；所以他們得成為大，而且富足。

籠子怎樣裝滿雀鳥，他們的屋裏也照樣充滿詭詐；他們因此得以強大富足。

籠子怎樣裝滿雀鳥，他們的屋裏也照樣充滿詭詐；他們因此得以強大富足。

他們的家裡充滿了詭詐，就像籠子裝滿了鳥。他們變得有財有勢，

籠中怎樣滿了雀鳥，他們的屋裡也滿了詭詐；他們就因此財雄勢大。

籠內怎樣滿了雀鳥，他們屋裏也怎樣充滿着詭詐所捉着的；因此他們成了昌大富裕的人。

籠充以禽鳥、其室亦充以詭詐、因而昌盛富有、

籠之有鳥、以誘飛禽、斯民中藏偽詐、以致巨富、亦若是。

其室中充以詐得之財、若籠之充以鳥、因而強盛富有、

Like cages full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; they have become rich and powerful

A hunter uses tricks to fill his cage with birds. And my people have filled their houses with a lot of goods. They have become rich and powerful.

Like a cage full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and rich;

Like a cage filled with birds, their homes are filled with evil plots. And now they are great and rich.

Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.

Like a cage full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit; Therefore they have become great and rich.

As a cage is full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become great and grown rich.

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

Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.

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

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.

“ I will not overlook, O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away, or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much.I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights.

They do one act of violence after another, and one deceitful thing after another. They refuse to pay attention to me,” says the LORD.

The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.Your schemes will bring shame to your house. Because you destroyed many nations, you will self-destruct.For the stones in the walls will cry out, and the wooden rafters will answer back.

If they say,“ Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.We will seize all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder.

He shouted with a powerful voice:“ Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detested beast.

The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.Ephraim boasts,“ I am very rich! I have become wealthy! In all that I have done to gain my wealth, no one can accuse me of any offense that is actually sinful.”

Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.You say,“ When will the new moon festival be over, so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, so we can open up the grain bins? We’re eager to sell less for a higher price, and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales!We’re eager to trade silver for the poor, a pair of sandals for the needy! We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!”

Indeed, the residents of Maroth hope for something good to happen, though the LORD has sent disaster against the city of Jerusalem.