They sin against the God:

1. Of Creation (Jeremiah 5:22), and
2. Of Providence (Jeremiah 5:24).

A cage. —The large wicker basket (Amos 8:1–2) in which the fowler kept the birds he had caught, or, possibly, used for…

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

Jeremiah continues with the same subject. He used, as we have said, a similitude taken from fowling: he now applies this similitude to the Jews—tha…

As a cage is full of birds
Jarchi and Kimchi understand it of a place in which fowls are brought up and fattened, wh…

Unhumbled hearts are ready to charge God with being unjust in their afflictions. But they can read their sin in their punishment. If people inquire…

1. Here, the prophet speaks of the guilt of the rulers, which is frequently the cause of the guilt of their subjects. Therefore, he says,