Bible verse
Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah 5:29 · BSB
The verses around it, from Jeremiah 5.
25 Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.
26 For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
27 Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
28 They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
29 Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
30 A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land.
31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
KJV
Shall I not visit for these [things]? saith the LORD: shall not 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?
ERV
shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
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