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Jeremiah 5:18
18“But even in those days” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “I will not finish you off.
Jeremiah 5:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord, I will not make a full end with you.
- New International Version (NIV)“Yet even in those days,” declares the Lord, “I will not destroy you completely.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"But even in those days, declares the Lord, I will not make a full end of you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Nevertheless in those days,” says the Lord, “I will not make a complete end of you.
Context of Jeremiah 5:18
16Their quiver is like an open grave; they are all warriors. 17They will consume your harvest and your food. They will consume your sons and your daughters. They will consume your flocks and your herds. They will consume your vines and your fig trees. With the sword they will destroy your fortified cities in which you trust. “But even in those days” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “I will not finish you off. 19When people ask, ‘For what offense has the Lord our God done all these things to us? ’ You will respond to them, ‘Just as you abandoned me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’ 20“Declare this in the house of Jacob; proclaim it in Judah, saying:
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וְגַ֛ם בַּיָּמִ֥ים הָהֵ֖מָּה נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֑ה לֹֽא־אֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה אִתְּכֶ֖ם כָּלָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Jeremiah 5:18
- Jeremiah 5:10Go up among her vineyard terraces and destroy them, but do not finish them off. Prune away her shoots, for they do not belong to the Lord.
- Jeremiah 4:27For this is what the Lord says: “The whole land will be a desolation, but I will not finish it off.
- Ezekiel 9:8While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord God! Are you going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel when you pour out your wrath on Jerusalem?”
- Ezekiel 11:13Now while I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out loudly, “Oh, Lord God! You are bringing the remnant of Israel to an end!”
- Romans 11:1I ask, then, has God rejected his people? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 5:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18I will not make a full end - There are more evils in store for you. You shall not only be spoiled, and all your property destroyed, but ye shall be carried into captivity; and ye shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours, Jeremiah 5:19.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-18Verses 10-18 Multitudes are ruined by believing that God will not be so strict as his word says he will; by this artifice Satan undid mankind. Sinners are not willing to own any thing to be God's word, that tends to part them from, or to disquiet them in, their sins. Mocking and misusing the Lord's messengers, filled the measure of their iniquity. God can bring trouble upon us from places and causes very remote. He has mercy in store for his people…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-19The Lord reassured Jeremiah that the destruction would not be complete. He prepared Jeremiah to answer those who questioned why the Lord would bring such harsh judgment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. Not even in those days of judgments, will God utterly exterminate His people. I will not make a full end with you--(Jr 5:10; Jr 4:27).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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