Jeremiah 5:28
Jeremiah · ירמיהו · Nevi'im · 52 chapters · 1364 verses
Values above are for the complete verse (16 words), calculated on the consonantal written text.
כִּי־נִמְצְאוּ בְעַמִּי רְשָׁעִים יָשׁוּר כְּשַׁךְ יְקוּשִׁים הִצִּיבוּ מַשְׁחִית אֲנָשִׁים יִלְכֹּֽדוּ
For among My people are found wicked men; They pry, as fowlers lie in wait; They set a trap, they catch men.
כִּכְלוּב מָלֵא עוֹף כֵּן בָּתֵּיהֶם מְלֵאִים מִרְמָה עַל־כֵּן גָּדְלוּ וַֽיַּעֲשִֽׁירוּ
As a cage is full of birds, So are their houses full of deceit; Therefore they are become great, and waxen rich;
שָׁמְנוּ עָשְׁתוּ גַּם עָֽבְרוּ דִבְרֵי־רָע דִּין לֹא־דָנוּ דִּין יָתוֹם וְיַצְלִיחוּ וּמִשְׁפַּט אֶבְיוֹנִים לֹא שָׁפָֽטוּ
They are waxen fat, they are become sleek; Yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; They plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, That they might make it to prosper; And the right of the needy do they not judge.
הַֽעַל־אֵלֶּה לֹֽא־אֶפְקֹד נְאֻם־יְהֹוָה אִם בְּגוֹי אֲשֶׁר־כָּזֶה לֹא תִתְנַקֵּם נַפְשִֽׁי
Shall I not punish for these things? Saith the LORD; Shall not My soul be avenged On such a nation as this?
שַׁמָּה וְשַׁעֲרוּרָה נִהְיְתָה בָּאָֽרֶץ
An appalling and horrible thing Is come to pass in the land: