Jeremiah 5:29

29 Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as 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 As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.

28 They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

29 Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?

30 A thing of wonder and fear has come about in the land;

31 The prophets give false words and the priests give decisions by their direction; and my people are glad to have it so: and what will you do in the end?