Jeremiah 5:9

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

7How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses. 8They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife. Shall I not visit for these things? saith Yhwh: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 10Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not Yhwh's. 11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith Yhwh.

Jeremiah 5:9 word by word

הַֽעַל־אֵ֥לֶּה לוֹא־אֶפְקֹ֖ד נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֑ה וְאִם֙ בְּג֣וֹי אֲשֶׁר־כָּזֶ֔ה לֹ֥א תִתְנַקֵּ֖ם נַפְשִֽׁי׃ סRead the interlinear

• Shall I not visitפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: punishH6485
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and shall not my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• be avengedנָקַםnâqam · to avengeH5358
• on such a nationגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471

Cross-references for Jeremiah 5:9

• Jeremiah 5:29Shall I not visit for these things? saith Yhwh: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
• Jeremiah 9:9Shall I not visit them for these things? saith Yhwh: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
• Jeremiah 23:2Therefore thus saith Yhwh God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith Yhwh.
• Lamentations 4:22The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
• Hosea 2:13And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith Yhwh.
• Hosea 8:13They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but Yhwh accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
• Jeremiah 44:22So that Yhwh could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
• Leviticus 26:25And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
• Deuteronomy 32:35To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
• Isaiah 1:24Therefore saith the Lord, Yhwh of Armies, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
• Ezekiel 5:13Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I Yhwh have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
• Ezekiel 7:9And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am Yhwh that smiteth.
• Nahum 1:2God is jealous, And Yhwh revengeth; Yhwh revengeth, and is furious; Yhwh will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 5:9

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The Lord saw the people's sins as deserving punishment (Jeremiah 9:9; 13:27; 29:23; Ezekiel 22:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. (Jr 5:29; Jr 9:9; 44:22).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 5:9

• Backsliders
• Idolatry
• Ingratitude
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In the dictionaries

• Correction
• Deceit
• Avenge; Avenger
• Exodus, the Book of
• Jeremiah (2)

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