Jeremiah 9:9

Am I not to send punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8His tongue is an arrow causing death; the words of his mouth are deceit: he says words of peace to his neighbour, but in his heart he is waiting secretly for him.

10Give yourselves to weeping, crying out in sorrow for the mountains; and for the fields of the waste land send up a song of grief, because they are burned up, so that no one goes through; there is no sound of cattle; the bird of the heavens and the beast are in flight and are gone.

Read all of Jeremiah 9

Cross References

Isaiah 1:24For this reason the Lord, the Lord of armies, the Strong One of Israel, has said, I will put an end to my haters, and send punishment on those who are against me;

Jeremiah 5:9Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?

Jeremiah 12:4How long will the land have grief, and the plants of all the land be dry? because of the sins of the people living in it, destruction has overtaken the beasts and the birds; because they said, God does not see our ways.

Hosea 4:3Because of this the land will be dry, and everyone living in it will be wasted away, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; even the fishes of the sea will be taken away.

Amos 5:1Give ear to this word, my song of sorrow over you, O children of Israel.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 9:2-12

The Prophet's Lamentation; Wickedness of Judah. ( b. c. 606.) 1 Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. 3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Jeremiah 9:9