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

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 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.

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.

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

What shall I say about the homes of the wicked filled with treasures gained by cheating? What about the disgusting practice of measuring out grain with dishonest measures?How can I tolerate your merchants who use dishonest scales and weights?

They pile lie upon lie and utterly refuse to acknowledge me,” says the Lord.

“ What sorrow awaits you who build big houses with money gained dishonestly! You believe your wealth will buy security, putting your family’s nest beyond the reach of danger.But by the murders you committed, you have shamed your name and forfeited your lives.The very stones in the walls cry out against you, and the beams in the ceilings echo the complaint.

They may say,“ Come and join us. Let’s hide and kill someone! Just for fun, let’s ambush the innocent!Let’s swallow them alive, like the grave; let’s swallow them whole, like those who go down to the pit of death.Think of the great things we’ll get! We’ll fill our houses with all the stuff we take.

He gave a mighty shout:“ Babylon is fallen— that great city is fallen! She has become a home for demons. She is a hideout for every foul spirit, a hideout for every foul vulture and every foul and dreadful animal.

But no, the people are like crafty merchants selling from dishonest scales— they love to cheat.Israel boasts,“ I am rich! I’ve made a fortune all by myself! No one has caught me cheating! My record is spotless!”

Listen to this, you who rob the poor and trample down the needy!You can’t wait for the Sabbath day to be over and the religious festivals to end so you can get back to cheating the helpless. You measure out grain with dishonest measures and cheat the buyer with dishonest scales.And you mix the grain you sell with chaff swept from the floor. Then you enslave poor people for one piece of silver or a pair of sandals.

The people of Maroth anxiously wait for relief, but only bitterness awaits them as the Lord’s judgment reaches even to the gates of Jerusalem.