King James Version
What Does Jeremiah 5:30 Mean?
“A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; A wonderful: or, Astonishment and filthiness”
Context
28
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
29
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30
A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; A wonderful: or, Astonishment and filthiness
31
The 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? bear: or, take into their hands
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(30) **Wonderful.**—Better, *terrible.*
**Is committed.**—Better, *has come to pass.*
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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