Should I not punish them for this?” says the Lord.“ Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?

耶和华说：“我岂不因这些事讨罪呢？岂不报复这样的国民呢？

我岂不因这些事施行惩罚吗？像这样的国家，我岂能不报复呢？这是耶和华说的。

我岂不因这些事施行惩罚吗？像这样的国家，我岂能不报复呢？这是耶和华说的。

我怎能不惩罚他们呢？我怎能不亲自报应这样的国民呢？这是耶和华说的。

我因这些事怎能不施行惩罚呢？像这样的国家，我怎能不亲自报复呢？”这是耶和华的宣告。

耶和華說：我豈不因這些事討罪呢？豈不報復這樣的國民呢？

我豈不因這些事施行懲罰嗎？像這樣的國家，我豈能不報復呢？這是耶和華說的。

我豈不因這些事施行懲罰嗎？像這樣的國家，我豈能不報復呢？這是耶和華說的。

我怎能不懲罰他們呢？我怎能不親自報應這樣的國民呢？這是耶和華說的。

我因這些事怎能不施行懲罰呢？像這樣的國家，我怎能不親自報復呢？”這是耶和華的宣告。

永恆主發神諭說：我豈不因這些事來施察罰呢？這樣的國我豈不加以報復呢？

耶和華曰、我豈不緣此而加譴責、豈不復仇於若是之國哉、○

主曰、有若是之事、我豈能不降罰、有若是之民、我豈能不報復、

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

Shouldn’t I punish them for this?” announces the Lord.“ Shouldn’t I pay back the nation that does these things?

Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord; and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?

Should I not punish them for these things? This is the LORD’s declaration. Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?

Shall I not punish them for these things?” declares the Lord,“ And shall I not avenge Myself On a nation such as this?

Shall I not punish them for these things?” says the Lord.“ And shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

Should I not punish them for these things? This is the Lord’s declaration. Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

Shall I not visit for these[ things]? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

I will surely punish them for doing such things!” says the LORD.“ I will surely bring retribution on such a nation as this!”

Shouldn’t I punish them for these things?” says Yahweh.“ Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

Should I not punish them for this?” says the Lord.“ Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?”

Should I not punish them for this?” says the Lord.“ Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?

Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to these shepherds:“ Instead of caring for my flock and leading them to safety, you have deserted them and driven them to destruction. Now I will pour out judgment on you for the evil you have done to them.

I will take revenge; I will pay them back. In due time their feet will slip. Their day of disaster will arrive, and their destiny will overtake them.’

I will send armies against you to carry out the curse of the covenant you have broken. When you run to your towns for safety, I will send a plague to destroy you there, and you will be handed over to your enemies.

The people love to offer sacrifices to me, feasting on the meat, but I do not accept their sacrifices. I will hold my people accountable for their sins, and I will punish them. They will return to Egypt.

Therefore, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says,“ I will take revenge on my enemies and pay back my foes!

I will punish her for all those times when she burned incense to her images of Baal, when she put on her earrings and jewels and went out to look for her lovers but forgot all about me,” says the Lord.

“ Rejoice with him, you heavens, and let all of God’s angels worship him. Rejoice with his people, you Gentiles, and let all the angels be strengthened in him. For he will avenge the blood of his children; he will take revenge against his enemies. He will repay those who hate him and cleanse his people’s land.”

O beautiful Jerusalem, your punishment will end; you will soon return from exile. But Edom, your punishment is just beginning; soon your many sins will be exposed.

I will turn my eyes away and show no pity. I will repay you for all your detestable sins. Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, who is striking the blow.

It was because the Lord could no longer bear all the disgusting things you were doing that he made your land an object of cursing— a desolate ruin without inhabitants— as it is today.

Then at last my anger will be spent, and I will be satisfied. And when my fury against them has subsided, all Israel will know that I, the Lord, have spoken to them in my jealous anger.“ So I will turn you into a ruin, a mockery in the eyes of the surrounding nations and to all who pass by.You will become an object of mockery and taunting and horror. You will be a warning to all the nations around you. They will see what happens when the Lord punishes a nation in anger and rebukes it, says the Lord.

The Lord is a jealous God, filled with vengeance and rage. He takes revenge on all who oppose him and continues to rage against his enemies!