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Jeremiah 5:29

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“Shouldn’t I punish for these things?” says Yahweh. “Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

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Jeremiah 5:29 in other translations

Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

Jeremiah 5:29 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 5:29 in context

  1. 27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
  2. 28They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They don’t plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don’t defend the rights of the needy.
  3. 29“Shouldn’t I punish for these things?” says Yahweh. “Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
  4. 30“An astonishing and horrible thing has happened in the land.
  5. 31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?