9Shall I not visit them for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?


In Context

6 Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.

7 Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how else'should I do, because of the daughter of my people?

8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.

9 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

10 For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passeth through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts are fled, they are gone.

11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.

Jeremiah 9:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:9Shall I not visit them for these [things?] saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:9Should I not punish them for this?" declares the Lord . "Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:9Shall I not visit them for these things, saith the Lord? or shall not my soul be revenged on such a nation?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:9Shall I not visit them for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:9Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:9Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:9Shall I not visit them for these things? says Yahweh; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:9For these things do not I see after them? An affirmation of Jehovah, Against a nation such as this doth not My soul avenge itself?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:9Shall I not visit them for these things? said the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?