Jeremiah 9:9

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

Jeremiah 9:9 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 9:9

Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord
The Targum adds,

``to bring evil upon them.''

Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
the Targum is,

``or of a people whose works are such, shall I not take vengeance according to my pleasure?''

(See Gill on Jeremiah 5:9).

Jeremiah 9:9 In-Context

7 Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how [else] should I do, because of the daughter of my people?

8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.

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

10 For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passeth through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts are fled, they are gone.

11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.