Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 5:9
A church father on this verse
“(Vers. 9) Will I not visit them for these things, says the Lord? Will my soul not avenge itself on such a nation? When you do these things, he says, are you not worthy of punishment? And note that here visitation is used as punishment and torment, according to what is written: I will visit their iniquities with a rod.…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
9Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this.
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In context
7In what way shall I forgive thee for these things? Thy sons have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: and I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and lodged in harlots’ houses.
8They became as wanton horses: they neighed each one after his neighbor’s wife.
— Jeremiah 5:9 —
10Go up upon her battlements, and break them down; but make not a full end: leave her buttresses; for they are the Lord’s.
11For the house of Israel have indeed dealt treacherously against me, saith the Lord: the house of Judah also