KJV ORIGINAL
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Should I not punish them for these things? says the LORD. Should I not take revenge on a nation like this?
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God is asking rhetorical questions to emphasize that He must judge and punish a nation that has become so corrupt and rebellious.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes during Jeremiah's ministry in the final decades before Jerusalem's destruction in 586 BC. Jeremiah was warning the people of Judah about their widespread corruption, injustice, and abandonment of God's ways. The nation had become filled with deceit, oppression of the poor, and rejection of God's prophets, leading to God's inevitable judgment through the Babylonian invasion.
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