Jeremiah 5:9
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Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
In other translations
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
Hebrew words
הַעַל־ha'al-¿ onH5921אֵלֶּה'elehthese [things]H428לוֹא־lo'-notH3808אֶפְקֹד'efkodwill I punishH6485נְאֻם־ne'um-[the] utterance ofH5002יְהֹוָהyahwehYahwehH3068וְאִםve'imand or?H518בְּגוֹיbegoyon a nationH1471אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834כָּזֶהkazeh[is] like this [one]H2088לֹאlo'notH3808תִתְנַקֵּםtitnakemwill it avenge itselfH5358נַפְשִׁי׃ סnafshiself myH5315
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 9:9Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?Should I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD. Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?”
- Jeremiah 5:29Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
- Isaiah 1:24Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies.
- Nahum 1:2God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.
- Deuteronomy 32:43Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people.
- Jeremiah 44:22So that the Lord 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.So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
- 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 the Lord.I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.
- 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.O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.
- 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 the Lord that smiteth.I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that it is I, the LORD, who strikes the blow.
- Hosea 8:13They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the Lord accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
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