⁹ Shall I not punish them for these things?
            says the Lord,
    and shall I not bring retribution
    on a nation such as this?^(A)

⁹ Shall I not punish them for these things? says the Lord,
    and shall I not bring retribution
    on a nation such as this?^(A)

²⁹ Shall I not punish them for these things?
            says the Lord,
    and shall I not bring retribution
    on a nation such as this?^(A)

² A jealous and avenging God is the Lord;
    the Lord is avenging and wrathful;
the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries
    and prolongs it against his enemies.^(A)

¹³ Though they offer choice sacrifices,^[a]
    though they eat flesh,
    the Lord does not accept them.
Now he will remember their iniquity
    and punish their sins;
    they shall return to Egypt.^(A)

¹³ I will punish her for the festival days of the Baals,
    to whom she offered incense
and decked herself with her rings and jewelry
    and went after her lovers
    and forgot me, says the Lord.^(A)

⁹ My eye will not spare; I will have no pity.
    I will punish you according to your ways
    while your abominations are among you.