Jeremiah 5:29

Should I not punish them for these things—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 and will I not take vengeance for myself on a nation like this? 1

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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; they shine with well-being. They crossed over all bounds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause of the people, 1 or the cause of the orphan. They prosper even though they have not given justice to the needy. 1

30Atrocities and horrors have occurred in the land. 1

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Cross References

Jeremiah 5:9So should I not punish them—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 and should I not avenge myself on a nation that is like this? 1

Jeremiah 9:9Should I not punish them because of these things—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 and should I not avenge myself on a nation that is like this? 1

James 5:4Look, the pay of the laborers is crying out—the pay that you have withheld from those who harvested your fields, and the cries of the harvesters have gone 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 →

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