Jeremiah 5:30
Astonishing and horrible is that which is done in this land;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
In Context
29Shall I not punish for these things, saith Jehovah? Shall I not be avenged on such a nation as this?
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this! Shudder, and be amazed! saith Jehovah.
Jeremiah 23:14In the prophets of Jerusalem also have I seen a horrible thing; They commit adultery, and walk in falsehood; They strengthen the hands of evil-doers, So that none doth turn from his iniquity. They have all become to me as Sodom, And her inhabitants as Gomorrah.
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 →