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Because of these things shall I not punish?” declares[a] Yahweh,
    “and on a nation who is like this, shall I not take revenge?
10 Go up through her vineyards and destroy,
    but you must not make complete destruction.
Remove her branches,
    for they are not to Yahweh.
11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah
    have dealt utterly treacherously with me,” declares[b] Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:9 Literally “a declaration of”
  2. Jeremiah 5:11 Literally “a declaration of”

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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