9 Should I not punish them for this?" declares the Lord. "Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?"
9 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
9 Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord, and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?
9 Do you think I'm going to stand around and do nothing?" God's Decree. "Don't you think I'll take serious measures against a people like this?
9 Shall I not punish them for these things?" says the Lord. "Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?"
9 Should I not punish them for this?" says the Lord . "Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?"
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 9:9
Commentary on Jeremiah 9:1-11
(Read Jeremiah 9:1-11)
Jeremiah wept much, yet wished he could weep more, that he might rouse the people to a due sense of the hand of God. But even the desert, without communion with God, through Christ Jesus, and the influences of the Holy Spirit, must be a place for temptation and evil; while, with these blessings, we may live in holiness in crowded cities. The people accustomed their tongues to lies. So false were they, that a brother could not be trusted. In trading and bargaining they said any thing for their own advantage, though they knew it to be false. But God marked their sin. Where no knowledge of God is, what good can be expected? He has many ways of turning a fruitful land into barrenness for the wickedness of those that dwell therein.