Jeremiah 5:9
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 5:29 repeats this exact rhetorical question about God punishing sin, reinforcing the judgment refrain.
In Jeremiah 44:22, the Lord could no longer bear Israel's evil deeds, leading to desolation—reinforcing the inevitability of punishment.
Jeremiah 9:9 repeats the same question about God avenging sin, showing this judgment refrain appears multiple times.
Jeremiah 1:16 announces God's judgment for idolatry — the very sin leading to the punishment declared here.
In Jeremiah 6:15, the same theme of shameless sin leading to divine punishment echoes the rhetorical question, reinforcing that judgment is certain because they feel no shame.
Jeremiah 11:23 specifies that disaster will come upon the men of Anathoth at their time of punishment, connecting the general call for vengeance to a specific target.
Jeremiah 32:31 explains that Jerusalem has provoked God's anger from its beginning, providing historical context for the divine punishment demanded in the rhetorical question.
Jeremiah 23:2 uses the same 'visit' language for God's punishment of evil shepherds, extending the judgment theme.
In Leviticus 26:25, God brings a sword to execute vengeance for the covenant—a covenantal punishment that echoes the same divine justice.
In Hosea 8:13, God declares He will remember iniquity and punish sins despite sacrifices—matching the certainty of judgment here.
In Hosea 2:13, God similarly punishes Israel for burning incense to Baals and forgetting Him—same divine response to idolatry.
In Ezekiel 7:9, God punishes without pity, according to their ways—reinforcing the unrelenting justice that this verse announces.
In Ezekiel 5:13-15, God vents His fury and makes Israel a desolation and reproach—fulfilling the same judgment described here.
In Isaiah 1:24, the Lord says He will avenge Himself on His foes—almost identical language of God's personal vengeance against His people.
In Deuteronomy 32:43, God takes vengeance on His adversaries and repays His enemies—a broader statement of the same divine retribution.
In Deuteronomy 32:35, God declares vengeance and recompense are His—directly affirming the basis for the punishment in this verse.
Isaiah 65:7 declares God will repay idolatry — the same sin provoking God's vengeance here.
Leviticus 18:25 describes God punishing the land for sexual sins — the same pattern of judgment now applied to Judah.
Lamentations 4:22 also speaks of God visiting iniquity—here punishment for Zion is finished and Edom is threatened.
Ezekiel 17:19 declares that God will repay the broken covenant on the offender's head, paralleling the theme of divine retribution for covenant unfaithfulness.
Ezekiel 18:6 describes righteous behavior that avoids defilement, contrasting with the sins that provoke the punishment asked about in the main verse.
Ezekiel 33:26 uses a similar rhetorical question (“shall you then possess the land?”) to challenge those who rely on violence, mirroring the call for accountability.
Hosea 6:4 laments Israel's fleeting love, highlighting the same unfaithfulness that leads God to ask about punishing—but from a more sorrowful perspective.
In Nahum 1:3, the Lord by no means clears the guilty—a general principle of divine justice that underlies the specific punishment here.