Jeremiah 5:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַֽעַל־אֵ֥לֶּה לוֹא־אֶפְקֹ֖ד נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֑ה וְאִם֙ בְּג֣וֹי אֲשֶׁר־כָּזֶ֔ה לֹ֥א תִתְנַקֵּ֖ם נַפְשִֽׁי׃ ס

Transliteration

?Upon-these not-'epqōd nə'um-YHWH; and if by gôy that-like this not titnaqēm my napšî.

Grammar Details

*ha*: interrogative prefix - ?
*'al*: preposition - upon/for
*'ēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, plural - these
*lō'*: negative particle - not
*'epqōd*: imperfect, 1st singular - I will visit/punish
*nə'um*: construct noun - declaration/utterance of
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh
*wə*: conjunction - and
*'im*: conditional particle - if
*bə*: preposition - in/by
*gôy*: noun, masculine singular - nation
*'ăšer*: relative pronoun - that/which
*kāzeh*: preposition + demonstrative pronoun - like this
*titnaqēm*: imperfect, 3rd feminine singular, hithpael - she will avenge herself
*napšî*: noun, feminine singular + 1st singular suffix - my soul

Word Meanings

*'epqōd*: I will visit/punish/take account
*nə'um*: declaration/utterance/oracle
*titnaqēm*: avenge herself/take vengeance
*napšî*: my soul/self/being

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Referenced Verses

Jer 9:9 : 9 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Jer 5:29 : 29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Lev 26:25 : 25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
Deut 32:35 : 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.
Deut 32:43 : 43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
Isa 1:24 : 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:
Jer 23:2 : 2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.
Jer 44:22 : 22 So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
Lam 4:22 : 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.
Ezek 5:13-15 : 13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them. 14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by. 15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezek 7:9 : 9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth.
Hos 2:13 : 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.
Hos 8:13 : 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.
Nah 1:2 : 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.

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