Jeremiah 5:29
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?”
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“Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For these do not I inspect, an affirmation of Jehovah, On a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 5:29 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 5:9Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
- Jeremiah 6:6For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.
- Jeremiah 9:9Should I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD. Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?”
- Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- James 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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