Shall I not visit them for these things? says Yahweh; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

From their punishment the prophet now turns to their sins.

(Jeremiah 9:2) The prophet utters the wish that he might be spared hi…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Shall I not visit ...? —The previous use of the same warning in Jeremiah 5:9; Jeremiah 5:29 gives these words …

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? (Jeremiah 9:9)…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

We have already encountered this verse; it will therefore be enough to briefly refer to what it contains. God shows here, that unless he denied him…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord
The Targum adds,

``to bring evil upon them.''
Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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 c…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

1. Here, the author speaks of the wretched condition of the people regarding their punishment.

He first speaks about the sentence, an…

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