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 could I do for the daughter of my people?

8 Their tongue is a murderous arrow; it speaketh deceit. A man speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth his ambush.

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 weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness, a lamentation; for they are burnt up, so that none passeth through them; and the voice of the cattle is not heard. Both the fowl 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 American Standard Version 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?