Therefore says the Sovereign, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Surely I will pour out my wrath on my enemies and avenge myself on my foes!
Jeremiah 9:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Shall I not punish them for these things? says the Lord, and shall I not bring retribution on a nation such as this? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Shall I not punish them for these things? says the Lord. Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this? American Standard Version (1901) Shall I not visit them for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? Common English Bible Shouldn’t I punish them for this? declares the LORD; shouldn’t I avenge such a nation? Catholic Public Domain Version Shall I not visit upon them concerning these things, says the Lord? Or shall my soul not take vengeance on a nation of this kind? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Shall I not visit them for these things, saith the Lord? Or shall not my soul be revenged on such a nation? |
Therefore says the Sovereign, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Surely I will pour out my wrath on my enemies and avenge myself on my foes!
What will you do on the day of punishment, in the calamity that will come from far away? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth,
Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion; it is they who are your lot; to them you have poured out a drink offering; you have brought a grain offering. Should these acts cause me to relent?
They have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourns to me. The whole land is made desolate, but no one lays it to heart.
How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field wither? For the wickedness of those who live in it, the animals and the birds are swept away, and because people said, “He is blind to our ways.”
I looked, and there was no one at all, and all the birds of the air had fled.
Shall I not punish them for these things? says the Lord, and shall I not bring retribution on a nation such as this?
Shall I not punish them for these things? says the Lord, and shall I not bring retribution on a nation such as this?
Therefore the land mourns, and all who live in it languish; together with the wild animals and the birds of the air, even the fish of the sea are perishing.
To you, O Lord, I cry, for fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and flames have burned all the trees of the field.
Hear this word that I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:
Fallen, no more to rise, is maiden Israel; forsaken on her land, with no one to raise her up.