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


In Context

6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

7 How 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.

8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.

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

10 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD’S.

11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 5:9 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:9Should 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

5:9Shall I not visit for these things, sayeth the Lord? and shall not my soul take revenge on such a nation?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:9Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah, and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:9shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9Shouldn't I punish them for these things?| says Yahweh; |and shouldn't my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9For these do I not lay a charge? An affirmation of Jehovah, And on a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:9Shall I not visit for these things? said the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?