Jeremiah 5:30

What does Jeremiah 5:30 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 5:30 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

A wonderful and horrible thing is come to pass in the land:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

A wonderful and horrible thing is come to pass in the land:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

A thing of wonder and fear has come about in the land;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

An astonishing and horrible thing hath been in the land.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Astonishing and wonderful things have been done in the land.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

An appalling and horrible thing is committed in the land:

Context

v.29Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

v.30This passage

v.31the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 1:2

    Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

  • Jeremiah 23:14

    In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

  • Hosea 6:10

    In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

  • Jeremiah 2:12

    Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith Jehovah.

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