Jeremiah 5:29
“Shouldn’t I punish for these things?” says the LORD. “Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?Jeremiah 5:29 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — યર્મિયા ૫:૨૯
- યહોવાહ કહે છે કે શું આ બધી બાબતોને લીધે હું તેમને સજા નહી કરું? એવી પ્રજાને માટે મારો જીવ બદલો શું નહિ લે?
- हिन्दी — यिर्मयाह ५:२९
- इसलिए, यहोवा की यह वाणी है, क्या मैं इन बातों का दण्ड न दूँ? क्या मैं ऐसी जाति से पलटा न लूँ?”
In context
27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
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.
29“Shouldn’t I punish for these things?” says the LORD. “Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30“An astonishing and horrible thing has happened in the land.
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?
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