Jeremiah 5:29
Shall I not punish for these things, saith Jehovah? Shall I not be avenged on such a nation as this?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
30Astonishing and horrible is that which is done in this land;
Cross References
Jeremiah 5:9Shall I not punish for these things, saith Jehovah? Shall I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah 9:9Shall I not punish them for these things? saith Jehovah; Shall I not be avenged on such a nation as this?
James 5:4Behold, the hire of the laborers who reaped your fields, which is fraudulently kept back by you, crieth out; and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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 →