Jeremiah 5:29 | |
29. Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? | 29. An super hoc non visitabo dicit Jehova? an in gente quae talis est, non se ulciscetur anima mea? |
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,
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?"