World English Bible
Jeremiah 5:29
“Shall I not punish for these things?" says Yahweh. "Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 5
27
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
28
They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excell in deeds of wickedness. They don't plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don't judge the right of the needy.
29
Shall I not punish for these things?" says Yahweh. "Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30
An astonishing and horrible thing has happened in the land.
31
The 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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