Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Jeremiah 5:29

Judgment

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 they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

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

30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;

31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

Read the whole chapter

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
KJV
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
WEB
“Shouldn’t I punish for these things?” says the LORD. “Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
ASV
Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
DARBY
Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
BLB
Shall I not punish for these [things]?” A declaration of YHWH, “Should not My soul avenge itself against a nation such as this?
ÅB
Skulle jeg ikke straffe slikt, sier Herren, skulle min sjel ikke hevne seg på et folk som dette?
OTB
Skal jeg ikke straffe dem for disse tingene?” erklærer Herren. “Skal jeg ikke hevne Meg på en nasjon som denne?
B1930
Skulde jeg ikke straffe slikt, sier Herren, skulde min sjel ikke hevne sig på et folk som dette?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 5:9

    Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

    Read in context

  • Malachi 3:5

    And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

    Read in context

  • James 5:4

    Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

    Read in context

  • Jeremiah 9:9

    Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

    Read in context