Jeremiah 9:9
Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah 9:9 in other translations
| BSB | Should I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD. Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?” |
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| WEB | Shouldn’t I punish them for these things?” says the LORD. “Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on a nation such as this? |
| ASV | Shall I not visit them for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? |
| YLT | For these things do not I see after them? An affirmation of Jehovah, Against a nation such as this doth not My soul avenge itself? |
| DARBY | Shall I not visit them for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? |
| BBE | Am I not to send punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this? |
| Webster | Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? |
What does Jeremiah 9:9 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 9:1-11
The people are corrected, Jerusalem is destroyed. (Jr 9:1-11) The captives suffer in a foreign land. (Jr 9:12-22) God's loving-kindness, He threatens the enemies of his people. (Jr 9:23-26) Verses 1-11 Jeremiah wept much, yet wished he could weep more, that he might rouse the people to a due sense of the hand of God. But even the desert, without communion with God, through Christ Jesus, and the influences of the…
Jeremiah 9:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 9:9
- Jeremiah 5:29
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
- Jeremiah 5:9
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
- Isaiah 1:24
Therefore 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:
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
- Jeremiah 9:9
Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
- Jeremiah 9:10
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
Jeremiah 9:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿No los tengo de visitar sobre estas cosas? dice Jehová. ¿De tal gente no se vengará mi alma? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | J’élèverai une voix de pleurs et une lamentation sur les montagnes, et une complainte sur les pâturages du désert, car ils sont brûlés, de sorte que personne n’y passe et qu’on n’y entend pas la voix des troupeaux; tant les oiseaux des cieux que les bêtes ont fui; ils s’en sont allés. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sollte ich solches nicht an ihnen heimsuchen? spricht Jehova; oder sollte an einer Nation wie diese meine Seele sich nicht rächen? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Numquid super his non visitabo, dicit Dominus, aut in gente hujusmodi non ulciscetur anima mea? |