Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion; they, they, are your lot; to them you have poured out a drink offering, you have brought a grain offering. Shall I be appeased for these things?
Jeremiah 5:29 - New Revised Standard Version Shall I not punish them for these things? says the Lord, and shall I not bring retribution on a nation such as this? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Shall I not punish them for these things? says the Lord. Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this? American Standard Version (1901) Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? Common English Bible Shouldn’t I punish such acts? declares the LORD. Shouldn’t I repay that nation for its deeds? Catholic Public Domain Version Shall I not visit against these things, says the Lord? Or shall my soul not take vengeance on a nation of this kind? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Shall I not visit for these things, saith the Lord? Or shall not my soul take revenge on such a nation? |
Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion; they, they, are your lot; to them you have poured out a drink offering, you have brought a grain offering. Shall I be appeased for these things?
their iniquities and their ancestors' iniquities together, says the Lord; because they offered incense on the mountains and reviled me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their actions.
Shall I not punish them for these things? says the Lord; and shall I not bring retribution on a nation such as this?
For thus says the Lord of hosts: Cut down her trees; cast up a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This is the city that must be punished; there is nothing but oppression within her.
Shall I not punish them for these things? says the Lord; and shall I not bring retribution on a nation such as this?
Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
Listen! The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.