“Shouldn’t I punish for these things?” says the LORD. “Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Jeremiah 5:29 in context
Jeremiah 5:26–31
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For wicked men are found among my people. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
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As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
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They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They don’t plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don’t defend the rights of the needy.
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“Shouldn’t I punish for these things?” says the LORD. “Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
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“An astonishing and horrible thing has happened in the land.
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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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