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Jeremiah 5:9
9Should I not punish them for these things? This is the Lord’s declaration. Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah 5:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
- New International Version (NIV)Should I not punish them for this?” declares the Lord. “Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord; and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Shall I not punish them for these things?” says the Lord. “And shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
Context of Jeremiah 5:9
7Why should I forgive you? Your children have abandoned me and sworn by those who are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery; they gashed themselves at the prostitute’s house. 8They are well-fed, eager stallions, each neighing after someone else’s wife. Should I not punish them for these things? This is the Lord’s declaration. Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this? 10Go up among her vineyard terraces and destroy them, but do not finish them off. Prune away her shoots, for they do not belong to the Lord. 11They, the house of Israel and the house of Judah, have dealt very treacherously with me. This is the Lord’s declaration.
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הַֽעַל־אֵ֥לֶּה לוֹא־אֶפְקֹ֖ד נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֑ה וְאִם֙ בְּג֣וֹי אֲשֶׁר־כָּזֶ֔ה לֹ֥א תִתְנַקֵּ֖ם נַפְשִֽׁי׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Jeremiah 5:9
- Jeremiah 5:29Should I not punish them for these things? This is the Lord’s declaration. Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?
- Jeremiah 9:9Should I not punish them for these things? This is the Lord’s declaration. Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?
- Jeremiah 23:2“Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend my people: You have scattered my flock, banished them, and have not attended to them. I am about to attend to you because of your evil acts” — this is the Lord’s declaration.
- Lamentations 4:22Daughter Zion, your punishment is complete; he will not lengthen your exile. But he will punish your iniquity, Daughter Edom, and will expose your sins.
- Hosea 2:13And I will punish her for the days of the Baals, to which she burned incense. She put on her rings and her jewelry and followed her lovers, but she forgot me. This is the Lord’s declaration.
- Hosea 8:13Though they offer sacrificial gifts and eat the flesh, the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their guilt and punish their sins; they will return to Egypt.
- Jeremiah 44:22The Lord can no longer bear your evil deeds and the detestable acts you have committed, so your land has become a waste, a desolation, and an example for cursing, without inhabitant, as you see today.
- Leviticus 26:25I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a pestilence among you, and you will be delivered into enemy hands.
- Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance and retribution belong to me. In time their foot will slip, for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
- Isaiah 1:24Therefore the Lord God of Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will get even with my foes; I will take revenge against my enemies.
- Ezekiel 5:13When my anger is spent and I have vented my wrath on them, I will be appeased. Then after I have spent my wrath on them, they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken in my jealousy.
- Ezekiel 7:9I will not look on you with pity or spare you. I will punish you for your ways and for your detestable practices within you. Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, who strikes.
- Nahum 1:2The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord takes vengeance and is fierce in wrath. The Lord takes vengeance against his foes; he is furious with his enemies.
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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