Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 5:29
Shall I not visit for these [things]? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
29. The refrain taken up again from Jer 5:9.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
It is expressed as a thing taken for granted, he certainly will. Can I be a God, and wink at such things? It cannot be. See this explained Jer 5:9.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
29. (Jer 5:9;Mal 3:5).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Shall I not visit for these things?….
[See comments on Jer 5:9].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
He repeats what we have before noticed, so there is no need of an explanation. But the repetition is not without its use; for the Jews had become so torpid, that all reproofs and threatenings were regarded with indifference. Hence God rouses them with great vehemence, Shall I not, he says, visit for these things? He takes it for granted, that we ought to be fully persuaded, that he is the judge of the world. It is the proper office of a judge to punish the wicked, and also to relieve the helpless and the oppressed, and to check the audacity of those who allow themselves every liberty. God then reasons here from his own nature and office, as though he had said, “Since I am God, can I suffer so much impiety and wantonness to prevail unpunished among my people?” Then he adds —
On such a nation as this, shall not avenged be my soul?
God transfers here to himself, as we have said elsewhere, what does not strictly belong to him; but it is the same as though he had said, “There is no one among earthly judges so void of feeling as to bear such indignities; for when the judge sees that he is treated with contempt by the wicked, is he not provoked?” Avenged then shall be my soul; as though he said, that he is not so soft, or so slothful, or so careless, as not to take vengeance on such wanton contempt. It follows —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
Jer 5:29 Shall I not visit for these [things]? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Ver. 29. Shall I not visit? ] See Jer 5:9 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Shall I not. ? Note the repeated Figure of speech Erotesis, in the form of Figure of speech Anaphora. App-6.
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Jer 5:9, Jer 9:9, Mal 3:5, Jam 5:4
Reciprocal: Exo 32:34 – the day Lev 18:25 – therefore Deu 1:17 – ye shall hear 2Ki 17:13 – all Ezr 5:12 – But after Isa 1:23 – they judge Isa 65:7 – therefore Jer 1:16 – And I Jer 6:15 – at the time Jer 11:23 – the year Jer 17:4 – and I Jer 23:2 – I Jer 44:3 – of their Lam 1:5 – for
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 5:29. To uisit means to bring some form of vengeance on the nation, which was to come in the way of the Babylonian captivity.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Again the Lord asked rhetorically if punishment for this type of conduct was not just (cf. Jer 5:7; Jer 5:9). Of course it was.