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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?

KJV

Numquid super his non visitabo, dicit Dominus, et in gente tali non ulciscetur anima mea ?

Vulgate

μὴ ἐπὶ τούτοις οὐκ ἐπισκέψομαι; λέγει Κύριος· ἢ ἐν ἔθνει τοιούτῳ οὐκ ἐκδικήσει ἡ ψυχή μου;

LXX

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

ASV

הַֽ/עַל אֵ֥לֶּה לוֹא אֶפְקֹ֖ד נְאֻם יְהֹוָ֑ה וְ/אִם֙ בְּ/ג֣וֹי אֲשֶׁר כָּ/זֶ֔ה לֹ֥א תִתְנַקֵּ֖ם נַפְשִֽׁ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
הֶ֑ם
hm
verb · 303×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
י
y
noun · 752×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נְאֻם
n'm
noun · 374×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
תִתְנַקֵּ֖ם
ttnqm
verb · 35×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 17:19 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.
  • Isa 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:
  • Isa 65:7 — Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work
  • Jer 5:29 — Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
  • Jer 5:29 — Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
  • Jer 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?
  • Jer 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?
  • Jer 32:31 — For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
  • Lev 18:25 — And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.