Jeremiah 5:29

shall I not for these things inflict punishment? saith the Lord: or shall on a nation such as this my soul not be avenged?

Leeser Tanakh

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 fat, they are stout; yea, they surpass even the deeds of the wicked: they pronounce no [just] sentence, the sentence of the fatherless, that they might prosper; and the cause of the needy do they not judge.

30An astonishing and horrible thing is committed in the land;

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Cross References

Jeremiah 5:9Shall I not for these things inflict punishment? saith the Lord: and shall on a nation such as this my soul not be avenged?

Jeremiah 9:9(9:8) Shall I not for these things inflict punishment on them? saith the Lord: or shall not on a nation such as this my soul be avenged?

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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