Among the smooth stones of the wadi is your portion—they are your lot. To them you have even poured out a drink offering, made a grain offering. Shall I relent concerning these things?
Jeremiah 5:29 - Tree of Life Version Should I not punish them?” says Adonai. “On such a nation should I not avenge Myself? 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 wadi is your portion—they are your lot. To them you have even poured out a drink offering, made a grain offering. Shall I relent concerning these things?
your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together,” says Adonai, “because they burned incense on the mountains, and scorned Me on the hills. So I will measure into their laps full wages for their former deeds.”
For such, should I not punish them?” It is a declaration of Adonai. “On such a nation as this should I not avenge Myself?
For thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: “Chop down her trees! Raise a siege ramp at Jerusalem. This city must be punished— in her midst is only oppression.
For the mountains I lift up weeping and wailing, a lament for the desert pastures. For they are so scorched that no one passes through— the lowing of cattle is not heard. The birds of the air have fled and the animals are gone.
“Then I will draw near to you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, perjurers those who extort a worker’s wage, or oppress the widow or an orphan, those who mislead a stranger. They do not fear Me,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.
Behold, the wages of the workers who mowed your fields—which you kept back by fraud—are crying out against you. And the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.