Jeremiah 9:9
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New International Version (©2011)
Should I not punish them for this?" declares the LORD. "Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?"

New Living Translation (©2007)
Should I not punish them for this?" says the LORD. "Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?"

English Standard Version (©2001)
Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD, and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Shall I not punish them for these things?" declares the LORD. "On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Should I not punish them for these things? This is the LORD's declaration. Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

International Standard Version (©2012)
Should I not punish them for these things?" asks the LORD, "and should I not avenge myself on a nation like this?"

NET Bible (©2006)
I will certainly punish them for doing such things!" says the LORD. "I will certainly bring retribution on such a nation as this!"

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
I will punish them for these things, declares the LORD. I will punish this nation. I still won't be satisfied.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Shall I not visit them for these things? says the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

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

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
Shall I not visit them for these things, saith the Lord? or shall not my soul be revenged on such a nation?

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

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

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
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?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

9:1-11 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 Holy Spirit, must be a place for temptation and evil; while, with these blessings, we may live in holiness in crowded cities. The people accustomed their tongues to lies. So false were they, that a brother could not be trusted. In trading and bargaining they said any thing for their own advantage, though they knew it to be false. But God marked their sin. Where no knowledge of God is, what good can be expected? He has many ways of turning a fruitful land into barrenness for the wickedness of those that dwell therein.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord,.... The Targum adds,

"to bring evil upon them.''

Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? the Targum is,

"or of a people whose works are such, shall I not take vengeance according to my pleasure?''

See Gill on Jeremiah 5:9.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

9. (Jer 5:9, 29).

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Jeremiah's Continual Tears
…8Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in heart he lays his wait. 9Shall I not visit them for these things? said the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 10For 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. …

Isaiah 1:24 Therefore the Lord, the LORD Almighty, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: "Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes and avenge myself on my enemies.
Isaiah 10:3 What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches?
Isaiah 57:6 The idols among the smooth stones of the ravines are your portion; indeed, they are your lot. Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings and offered grain offerings. In view of all this, should I relent?
Jeremiah 5:9 Should I not punish them for this?" declares the LORD. "Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah 5:29 Should I not punish them for this?" declares the LORD. "Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?