Jeremiah 5:29

29 Do you think I'll stand by and do nothing about this?" God's Decree. "Don't you think I'll take serious measures against a people like this?

Jeremiah 5:29 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 5:29

Shall I not visit for these things?
&c.] (See Gill on Jeremiah 5:9).

Jeremiah 5:29 In-Context

27 Their houses are stuffed with ill-gotten gain, like a hunter's bag full of birds. Pretentious and powerful and rich,

28 hugely obese, oily with rolls of fat. Worse, they have no conscience. Right and wrong mean nothing to them. They stand for nothing, stand up for no one, throw orphans to the wolves, exploit the poor.

29 Do you think I'll stand by and do nothing about this?" God's Decree. "Don't you think I'll take serious measures against a people like this?

30 "Unspeakable! Sickening! What's happened in this country?

31 Prophets preach lies and priests hire on as their assistants. And my people love it. They eat it up! But what will you do when it's time to pick up the pieces?