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.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
8They became as wanton horses: they neighed each one after his neighbor’s wife.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:25And I will bring upon you a sword avenging the cause of my covenant, and ye shall flee for refuge to your cities; and I will send out death against you, and ye shall be delivered into the hands of your enemies.
Deuteronomy 32:43Rejoice, ye heavens, with him, 1 And let all the angels of God worship him; 1 Rejoice ye Gentiles, with his people, 1 And let all the sons of God strengthen themselves in him; 1 For he will avenge the blood of his sons, 1 And he will render vengeance, and recompense justice to his enemies, 1 And will reward them that hate him; 1 And the Lord shall purge the land of his people.
Isaiah 1:24Therefore thus saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Woe to the mighty men of Israel; for my wrath shall not cease against mine adversaries, and I will execute judgment on mine enemies.
Jeremiah 6:6For thus saith the Lord, Hew down her trees, array a numerous force against Jerusalem. O false city; there is all oppression in her.
Jeremiah 9:8Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a people as this?
Jeremiah 23:2Therefore thus saith the Lord against them that tend my people; Ye have scattered my sheep, and driven them out, and ye have not visited them: behold, I will take vengeance upon you according to your evil practices.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 5:2-10
The Universal Corruption to the Age. ( b. c. 608.) 1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. 2 And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely. 3 O Lord , are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have… Read the whole commentary →