Jeremiah 5:29
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New International Version (©2011)
Should I not punish them for this?" declares the LORD. "Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?

New Living Translation (©2007)
Should I not punish them for this?" says the LORD. "Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?

English Standard Version (©2001)
Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD, and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Shall I not punish these people?' declares the LORD, 'On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?'

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Should I not punish them for these things? This is the LORD's declaration. Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

International Standard Version (©2012)
Should I not punish them for this?' asks the LORD. 'Should I not avenge myself on a nation like this?'

NET Bible (©2006)
I will certainly punish them for doing such things!" says the LORD. "I will certainly bring retribution on such a nation as this!

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
I will punish them for these things," declares the LORD. "I will punish this nation.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Shall I not punish for these things? says the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

American King James Version
Shall I not visit for these things? said the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

American Standard Version
Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Shall I not visit for these things, saith the Lord? or shall not my soul take revenge on such a nation?

Darby Bible Translation
Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

English Revised Version
shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

Webster's Bible Translation
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

World English Bible
"Shall I not punish for these things?" says Yahweh. "Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

Young's Literal Translation
For these do not I inspect, an affirmation of Jehovah, On a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

5:19-31 Unhumbled hearts are ready to charge God with being unjust in their afflictions. But they may read their sin in their punishment. If men will inquire wherefore the Lord doeth hard things unto them, let them think of their sins. The restless waves obeyed the Divine decree, that they should not pass the sandy shores, which were as much a restraint as lofty mountains; but they burst all restraints of God's law, and were wholly gone into wickedness. Neither did they consider their interest. While the Lord, year after year, reserves to us the appointed weeks of harvest, men live on his bounty; yet they transgress against him. Sin deprives us of God's blessings; it makes the heaven as brass, and the earth as iron. Certainly the things of this world are not the best things; and we are not to think, that, because evil men prosper, God allows their practices. Though sentence against evil works is not executed speedily, it will be executed. Shall I not visit for these things? This speaks the certainty and the necessity of God's judgments. Let those who walk in bad ways consider that an end will come, and there will be bitterness in the latter end.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 29. - A repetition of ver. 9 in the manner of a refrain.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Shall I not visit for these things?.... See Gill on Jeremiah 5:9.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

29. (Jer 5:9; Mal 3:5).

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Judgment Proclaimed
…28They are waxen fat, they shine: yes, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. 29Shall I not visit for these things? said the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 30A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;

Isaiah 57:6 The idols among the smooth stones of the ravines are your portion; indeed, they are your lot. Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings and offered grain offerings. In view of all this, should I relent?
Isaiah 65:7 both your sins and the sins of your ancestors," says the LORD. "Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains and defied me on the hills, I will measure into their laps the full payment for their former deeds."
Jeremiah 5:9 Should I not punish them for this?" declares the LORD. "Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah 9:9 Should I not punish them for this?" declares the LORD. "Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?"
Malachi 3:5 "So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me," says the LORD Almighty.