Jeremiah 5:9

Good News Translation

Shouldn't I punish them for these things and take revenge on a nation such as this?

Cross References

Proverbs 6:29

It is just as dangerous to sleep with another man's wife. Whoever does it will suffer.

Isaiah 1:24

So now, listen to what the Lord Almighty, Israel's powerful God, is saying: “I will take revenge on you, my enemies, and you will cause me no more trouble.

Isaiah 57:6

You take smooth stones from there and worship them as gods. You pour out wine as offerings to them and bring them grain offerings. Do you think I am pleased with all this?

Jeremiah 23:2

This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the rulers who were supposed to take care of his people: “You have not taken care of my people; you have scattered them and driven them away. Now I am going to punish you for the evil you have done.

Jeremiah 32:31

The people of this city have made me angry and furious from the day it was built. I have decided to destroy it

Jeremiah 44:22

This very day your land lies in ruins and no one lives in it. It has become a horrifying sight, and people use its name as a curse because the Lord could no longer endure your wicked and evil practices.

Jeremiah 5:10

I will send enemies to cut down my people's vineyards, but not to destroy them completely. I will tell them to strip away the branches, because those branches are not mine.

Jeremiah 5:29

“But I, the Lord, will punish them for these things; I will take revenge on this nation.

Jeremiah 6:11

Your anger against them burns in me too, Lord, and I can't hold it in any longer.” Then the Lord said to me, “Pour out my anger on the children in the streets and on the gatherings of the young people. Husbands and wives will be taken away, and even the very old will not be spared.

Jeremiah 6:6

The Lord Almighty has ordered these kings to cut down trees and build mounds in order to besiege Jerusalem. He has said, “I will punish this city because it is full of oppression.

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongues are like deadly arrows; they always tell lies. Everyone speaks friendly words to their neighbors, but they are really setting a trap for them.

Jeremiah 9:9

Will I not punish them for these things? Will I not take revenge on a nation like this? I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Lamentations 3:42

“We have sinned and rebelled, and you, O Lord, have not forgiven us.

Lamentations 4:22

Zion has paid for her sin; the Lord will not keep us in exile any longer. But Edom, the Lord will punish you; he will expose your guilty acts.

Ezekiel 7:9

I will not spare you or show you any mercy. I am going to punish you for the disgusting things you have done, so that you will know that I am the Lord and that I am the one who punishes you.”

Hosea 2:13

I will punish her for the times that she forgot me, when she burned incense to Baal and put on her jewelry to go chasing after her lovers. The Lord has spoken.

Hosea 8:13

They offer sacrifices to me and eat the meat of the sacrifices. But I, the Lord, am not pleased with them, and now I will remember their sin and punish them for it; I will send them back to Egypt!

Leviticus 18:25

Their actions made the land unclean, and so the Lord is punishing the land and making it reject the people who lived there.

Leviticus 26:25

I will bring war on you to punish you for breaking our covenant, and if you gather in your cities for safety, I will send incurable diseases among you, and you will be forced to surrender to your enemies.

Nahum 1:2

The Lord God tolerates no rivals; he punishes those who oppose him. In his anger he pays them back.

Deuteronomy 32:35

The Lord will take revenge and punish them; the time will come when they will fall; the day of their doom is near.

Deuteronomy 32:43

“Nations, you must praise the Lord's people— he punishes all who kill them. He takes revenge on his enemies and forgives the sins of his people.”