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Jeremiah 5:30

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.

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

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?

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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.

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BSB
A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land.
KJV
A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
WEB
“An astonishing and horrible thing has happened in the land.
ASV
A wonderful and horrible thing is come to pass in the land:
DARBY
An appalling and horrible thing is committed in the land:
BLB
An appalling and horrible [thing] has happened in the land:
ÅB
Forferdelige og gruelige ting skjer i landet;
OTB
“En sjokkerende og fryktelig ting har skjedd i landet:
B1930
Forferdelige og gruelige ting skjer i landet;

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 23:14

    I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

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  • Hosea 6:10

    I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

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  • Isaiah 1:2

    Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

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  • Jeremiah 2:12

    Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.

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