OET interlinear YIR (JER) 5:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) So should I not punish them … and should I not avenge myself on a nation that is like this?

(Some words not found in UHB: ?,on these not punish declares_of YHWH and=if on,a_nation which/who [is]_like,this_[one] not avenge self_of,my )

Yahweh uses this question to emphasize that the things that they are doing are so bad that he will no have mercy but will punish them. Alternate translation: [Because they do these things, I will punish them … I will certainly get revenge for myself against them.]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

(Occurrence 0) this is Yahweh’s declaration

(Some words not found in UHB: ?,on these not punish declares_of YHWH and=if on,a_nation which/who [is]_like,this_[one] not avenge self_of,my )

Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in Jeremiah 1:8. Alternate translation: [this is what Yahweh has declared] or [this is what I, Yahweh, have declared]