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?In other versions
Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
ASV
Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?
BBE
Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah, and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
DBY
Shall I not visit for these things? says Yahweh; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
WEB
For these do I not lay a charge? An affirmation of Jehovah, And on a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?
YLT
Shall I not visit for these things? says the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
ENG
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
WBT
Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
BSB
In context
7How 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.
8They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
9Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD's.
11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.