God’s Word Translation
Jeremiah 4:27
27This is what the Lord says: The whole earth will be ruined, although I will not destroy it completely.
Jeremiah 4:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
- New International Version (NIV)This is what the Lord says: “The whole land will be ruined, though I will not destroy it completely.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For thus says the Lord, "The whole land shall be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For thus says the Lord: “The whole land shall be desolate; Yet I will not make a full end.
Context of Jeremiah 4:27
25I see that there are no people, and every bird has flown away. 26I see that the fertile land has become a desert, and all its cities are torn down because of the Lord and his burning anger. This is what the Lord says: The whole earth will be ruined, although I will not destroy it completely. 28The earth will mourn, and the sky will grow black. I have spoken, and I have planned it. I won’t change my plans, and I won’t turn back. 29All the people in the city will flee at the sound of riders and archers. They will go off into the thickets and climb among the rocks. The entire city will be abandoned, and no one will live in it.
Read all of Jeremiah 4Jeremiah 4:27 word by word
כִּי־כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה שְׁמָמָ֥ה תִהְיֶ֖ה כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וְכָלָ֖ה לֹ֥א אֶעֱשֶֽׂה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 4:27
- Jeremiah 4:7A lion has come out of its lair. A destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to destroy your land. Your cities will be ruined, and no one will live in them.
- Jeremiah 7:34In the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, I will banish the sounds of joy and happiness and the sounds of brides and grooms, because the land will be a wasteland.”
- Jeremiah 12:11They’ve left it a wasteland. Devastated, it mourns in my presence. The whole land is destroyed, but no one takes this to heart.
- Jeremiah 18:16Their land will become desolate and something to be hissed at forever. Everyone who will pass by it will be stunned and shake his head.
- 2 Chronicles 36:21This happened so that the Lord’s words spoken through Jeremiah would be fulfilled. The land had its years of rest and was made acceptable ⌞again⌟. While it lay in ruins, ⌞the land had its⌟ 70 years of rest.
- Isaiah 6:11I asked, “How long, O Lord?” And he replied, “Until the cities lie in ruins with no one living in them, the houses have no people, and the land is completely desolate.
- Isaiah 24:1The Lord is going to turn the earth into a desolate wasteland. He will mar the face of the earth and scatter the people living on it.
- Ezekiel 6:14I will use my power against them and destroy the land, from the desert to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’ ”
- Ezekiel 33:28I will turn the land into a barren wasteland. People will no longer brag about its power. The mountains of Israel will become so ruined that no one will travel through them.
- Jeremiah 5:10“Go among Jerusalem’s rows of grapevines and destroy them, but don’t destroy all of them. Cut off the branches because they don’t belong to the Lord.
- Jeremiah 30:11I am with you, and I will rescue you,” declares the Lord. “I will completely destroy all the nations where I scattered you, but I will not completely destroy you. I will correct you with justice. I won’t let you go entirely unpunished.
- Jeremiah 46:28Don’t be afraid, my servant Jacob,” declares the Lord. “I am with you. I will completely destroy all the nations where I scattered you, but I will not completely destroy you. I will correct you with justice. I won’t let you go entirely unpunished.”
- Leviticus 26:44Even when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them or look at them with disgust. I will not reject or cancel my promise to them, because I am the Lord their God.
- Isaiah 24:12The city is left in ruins. Its gate is battered to pieces.
- Ezekiel 11:13While I was prophesying, Benaiah’s son Pelatiah died. I immediately bowed down and cried out, “Almighty Lord, will you completely destroy all the remaining people in Israel?”
- Amos 9:8I, the Almighty Lord, have my eyes on this sinful kingdom. I will wipe it off the face of the earth. But I won’t totally destroy the descendants of Jacob, declares the Lord.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 4:27
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Desolate - a waste. One of the most striking points of prophecy is, that however severe. may be the judgment pronounced against Judah, there is always the reservation, that the ruin shall not be complete Jeremiah 3:14.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-31Verses 19-31 The prophet had no pleasure in delivering messages of wrath. He is shown in a vision the whole land in confusion. Compared with what it was, every thing is out of order; but the ruin of the Jewish nation would not be final. Every end of our comforts is not a full end. Though the Lord may correct his people very severely, yet he will not cast them off. Ornaments and false colouring would be of no avail. No outward privileges or profession, no…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. full end--utter destruction: I will leave some hope of restoration (Jr 5:10, 18; 30:11; 46:28; compare Le 26:44).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 4
- 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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