Isaiah 1:24; Jeremiah 5:29; Jeremiah 5:9
From their punishment the prophet now turns to their sins. Jeremiah 9:2 The prophet utters the wish that he might be spared his daily strivin...
Faithlessness and its Retribution: the Dirge of Death. The humblest caravanserai would be preferable to life among these evil men, with their calum...
My soul . I myself (emphatic). Hebrew. nephesh. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. avenged. Compare Jeremiah 5:9 ; Jeremiah 5:29 .
We have already met with this verse; it will therefore be enough briefly to refer to what it contains. God shews here, that except he denied hi...
Shall I not visit them for these things ? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? ( Jeremiah 5:9 ; Jeremiah 5:29...
1-22. The prophet continues his lament. The impending doom.
Shall I not visit...? — The previous use of the same warning in Jeremiah 5:9 ; Jeremiah 5:29 gives these words also the emphasis of iteration.
Jeremiah 8:1-22 ; Jeremiah 9:1-26 ; Jeremiah 10:1-25 ; Jeremiah 26:1-24 In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is plai...
National Perversity Jeremiah 9:1-16 Jeremiah 9:1-6 Once the voice of joy and thanksgiving had been heard in Jerusalem, but now on every side...
In answer to his own question, Jeremiah sighed for some adequate means of expressing the anguish of his heart, and then for escape to some lonely pla...
It is blessed to remark, that in all the Lord's chastisements, he hath one uniform object in view for their reform. All his dispensations are to brin...
Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord ,.... The Targum adds, "to bring evil upon them.'' Shall not my soul be avenged on such a...
Shall I not visit them for these [things]? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? Ver. 9. Shall I not visit them?...
The Prophet's Lamentation; Wickedness of Judah. B. C. 606....
See Jeremiah 5:9,29 .
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES. For Chronology and History, see chap. 7. 1. Geographical References. Jeremiah 9:26 . “ Egypt .” sit. on N.E. angle...
Jeremiah 9:1 . Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my...
Jeremiah 9:2 . Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodgingplace of wayfaring men. In countries where the peasantry are very poor, travellers provide...
EXPOSITION Jeremiah 9:1 The Hebrew more correctly attaches this verse to Jeremiah 8:1-24 . Oh that my head were waters , etc.! A quaint c...
The Deceit of the People
Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord, letting His punishment come upon them for their treacherous and deceitful behavior. Shall n...
9 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?