King James Version
Jeremiah 5:9 in the King James Version says “Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
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.
They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
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.
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.
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above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“Shall I not visit”
H6485to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“on such a nation”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and shall not my soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
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