Jeremiah 5:9 · KJV
“Shall I not visit for these {things}? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?”
— Jeremiah 5:9
They were {as} fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they {are} not the LORD'S.
Jeremiah 5 — Context
How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by {them that are} no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
8They were {as} fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
9Shall I not visit for these {things}? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they {are} not the LORD'S.
11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.
Cross References
Jeremiah 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?
Jeremiah 5:29
Shall I not visit for these {things}? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Isaiah 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:
Hosea 8:13
They sacrifice flesh {for} the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat {it; but} the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. {They sacrifice...: or, In the sacrifices of mine offerings they, etc}
Lamentations 4:22
The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins. {The...: or, Thine iniquity} {discover...: or, carry thee captive for thy sins}
Hosea 2:13
And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
Deuteronomy 32:35
To me {belongeth} vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in {due} time: for the day of their calamity {is} at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
Nahum 1:2
God {is} jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and {is} furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth {wrath} for his enemies. {God...: or, The LORD is a jealous God, and a revenger, etc} {is furious: Heb. that hath fury}