Jeremiah 5:29

Shall I not visit for these things, saith the Lord? or shall not my soul take revenge on such a nation?

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 are grown gross and fat: andhave most wickedly transgressed my words. They have not judged the cause of the widow, they have not managed the cause of the fatherless, they have not judged the judgement of the poor.

30Astonishing and wonderful things have been done in the land.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 5:9Shall I not visit for these things, sayeth the Lord? and shall not my soul take revenge on such a nation?

Jeremiah 9:9Shall I not visit them for these things, saith the Lord? or shall not my soul be revenged on such a nation?

James 5:4Behold the hire of the labourers, who have reaped down your fields, which by fraud has been kept back by you, crieth: and the cry of them hath entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

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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