Jeremiah 5:29

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Should I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord. Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

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  • Jer 5:9 : 9 Should I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord. Should I not take vengeance on a nation like this?
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, and those who swear falsely; against those who defraud workers of their wages, oppress widows and orphans, and deprive foreigners of justice. They do not fear me, says the Lord of Hosts.
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Look, the wages that you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
  • Jer 9:9 : 9 I will raise weeping and wailing for the mountains and a dirge for the pastures in the wilderness, because they are burned up and desolate; no one passes through, and cattle cannot be heard anymore—birds of the sky and animals alike have fled and are gone.

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  • Jer 5:9-11
    3 verses
    94%

    9Should I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord. Should I not take vengeance on a nation like this?

    10Go up among her rows and destroy them, but do not completely finish them off. Remove her branches, for they do not belong to the Lord.

    11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been thoroughly unfaithful to Me, declares the Lord.

  • Jer 9:9
    92%

    9I will raise weeping and wailing for the mountains and a dirge for the pastures in the wilderness, because they are burned up and desolate; no one passes through, and cattle cannot be heard anymore—birds of the sky and animals alike have fled and are gone.

  • Jer 5:28
    79%

    28They have grown fat and sleek. They excel in evil deeds; they do not defend the rights of the fatherless so they might prosper, nor do they uphold the cause of the needy.

  • Jer 5:30
    78%

    30A terrible and shocking thing has happened in the land:

  • Jer 25:29
    77%

    29For behold, I am bringing disaster on the city that bears my name, and will you indeed go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.

  • Isa 10:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2They deprive the poor of justice and rob the rights of the needy among my people, making widows their spoil and leaving orphans to be plundered.

    3What will you do on the day of punishment, when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?

  • Ezek 5:15
    75%

    15You will be a reproach, a mockery, a warning, and a horror to the nations around you when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and furious rebukes! I, the LORD, have spoken.

  • Ezek 9:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9He said to me, 'The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of injustice. They say, "The LORD has abandoned the land, and the LORD does not see."'

    10'But as for me, my eye will not spare, nor will I show pity. I will bring their actions back upon their own heads.'

  • Isa 1:24
    75%

    24Therefore, this is the declaration of the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "I will gain relief from My adversaries and avenge Myself on My enemies.

  • Jer 1:16
    74%

    16I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their evil in forsaking Me, burning incense to other gods, and worshiping the works of their own hands.

  • Amos 9:8
    74%

    8'Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet, I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,' declares the Lord.

  • Isa 65:6
    74%

    6Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps.

  • Ezek 22:29
    74%

    29The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.

  • Mal 3:5
    74%

    5I will come near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, and those who swear falsely; against those who defraud workers of their wages, oppress widows and orphans, and deprive foreigners of justice. They do not fear me, says the Lord of Hosts.

  • Jer 11:20
    74%

    20But, LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously and tests the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have presented my case to you.

  • Prov 22:23
    73%

    23For the LORD will plead their case and will rob of life those who rob them.

  • Isa 3:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14The LORD enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of His people: 'It is you who have ruined the vineyard; the plunder taken from the poor is in your houses.'

    15'Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?' declares the Lord, the LORD of Hosts.

  • Ezek 7:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8'I am about to pour out my wrath upon you and exhaust my anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and bring upon you all your detestable practices.'

    9'I will not look on you with pity or spare you. I will repay you according to your conduct and the detestable practices among you. Then you will know that it is I, the LORD, who strikes you.'

  • Ezek 25:17
    73%

    17I will carry out great acts of vengeance on them and punish them with furious rebukes. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I take vengeance on them.

  • Hos 4:9
    73%

    9And it will be like people, like priest. I will punish them for their ways, and repay them for their deeds.

  • Amos 9:4
    73%

    4'If they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will command the sword to kill them. I will set My eyes on them for harm and not for good.'

  • Isa 5:7
    73%

    7For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are the planting of His delight. He expected justice but saw bloodshed; He expected righteousness but heard cries of distress.

  • Isa 9:17
    73%

    17For wickedness burns like a fire; it consumes briers and thorns. It sets the thickets of the forest ablaze, and they roll upward in columns of smoke.

  • Deut 32:35
    73%

    35Vengeance belongs to Me; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip, for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is quickly approaching.

  • Jer 16:18
    73%

    18I will first repay them double for their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the lifeless forms of their vile images and have filled My inheritance with their abominations.

  • Zeph 3:8
    73%

    8Therefore, wait for me, declares the LORD, until the day I rise to testify. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my indignation—all the burning heat of my anger. For in the fire of my jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed.

  • Ezek 22:31
    73%

    31So I have poured out my indignation upon them, consumed them with the fire of my wrath, and brought their own ways down upon their heads, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Isa 3:9
    73%

    9The look on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom, they openly declare their sin; they do not try to conceal it. Woe to them! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.

  • Isa 26:21
    73%

    21See, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed on it; it will conceal its slain no longer.

  • Zeph 1:12
    73%

    12At that time, I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those who are complacent, who settle like wine on its dregs, and say to themselves, 'The Lord will do neither good nor harm.'

  • Jer 22:3
    73%

    3This is what the LORD says: Practice justice and righteousness. Rescue the one who has been robbed from the hand of the oppressor. Do not mistreat or harm the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.

  • 2 Chr 29:8
    73%

    8Therefore, the wrath of the LORD fell upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He made them an object of horror, devastation, and scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.

  • Zech 11:6
    73%

    6For I will no longer show pity to the people of the land,' declares the LORD. 'I will give everyone into the hands of their neighbors and their king. They will crush the land, and I will not deliver them from their power.'

  • Ezek 5:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I Myself am against you, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.

    9Because of all your abominations, I will do what I have never done before and will never do again.

  • Ezek 7:27
    73%

    27The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct and judge them by their own standards. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

  • Jer 11:11
    73%

    11Therefore, this is what the LORD says: ‘I am bringing disaster upon them from which they cannot escape. Even though they will cry out to me, I will not listen to them.’

  • Obad 1:15
    73%

    15For the day of the LORD is near for all nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head.

  • Jer 22:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and it was well with him. Is this not what it means to know me? declares the LORD.

    17But your eyes and heart are set only on your dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression and violence.

  • 2 Kgs 22:16
    73%

    16‘Thus says the LORD: Behold, I am bringing disaster on this place and on its inhabitants—all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read—’

  • Jer 9:7
    72%

    7Their tongues are a sharpened arrow; deceit pours from their mouths. They speak peace to their neighbor, but in their hearts, they set up an ambush.

  • Jer 12:17
    72%

    17'But if they do not obey, I will completely uproot and destroy that nation,' declares the LORD.