Jeremiah 5:29

Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

In Context

28They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

30A thing of wonder and fear has come about in the land;

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Cross References

Jeremiah 5:9Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?

Jeremiah 9:9Am I not to send punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?

James 5:4See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 5:26-31

Expostulation with Israel. ( b. c. 608.) 25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you. 26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. 28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet… Read the whole commentary →

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