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

10 [a]Climb up upon their walls, and destroy them, but make not a full end: [b]take away their battlements, for they are not the Lord’s.

11 For the house of Israel, and the house of Judah have grievously trespassed against me, saith the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:10 He commandeth the Babylonians and enemies to destroy them.
  2. Jeremiah 5:10 Read Jer. 4:27.

Should I not punish them for this?”(A)
    declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge(B) myself
    on such a nation as this?

10 “Go through her vineyards and ravage them,
    but do not destroy them completely.(C)
Strip off her branches,
    for these people do not belong to the Lord.
11 The people of Israel and the people of Judah
    have been utterly unfaithful(D) to me,”
declares the Lord.

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