Jeremiah 5:9

9 Shall I not visit for these things? says the LORD; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

Jeremiah 5:9 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 5:9

Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord
For such adulteries and lasciviousness, and that in a way of punishment. The Targum adds,

``to bring evil upon them;''

the evil of punishment for the evil of sin: and shall not my soul be avenged upon such a nation as this?
which cannot delight in sin, but hates it; and therefore must punish for it; vindictive and punitive justice is essential to God; as sin is contrary to his nature, it is agreeable to it to punish for it; he cannot but do it; and he does avenge all sin, either on the sinner himself, or on his surety.

Jeremiah 5:9 In-Context

7 How can I pardon you? your children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes' houses.

8 They were as fed horses roaming at large; everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife.

9 Shall I not visit for these things? says the LORD; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

10 Go up on her walls, and destroy; but don't make a full end: take away her branches; for they are not the LORD's.

11 For the house of Yisra'el and the house of Yehudah have dealt very treacherously against me, says the LORD.