God’s Word Translation
Jeremiah 5:18
18Yet, even in those days, declares the Lord, I won’t destroy all of you.
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 arrow quivers are like open graves. They are all mighty warriors. 17They will devour your harvest and your food. They will devour your sons and your daughters. They will devour your flocks and your cattle. They will devour your grapevines and your fig trees. With their swords they will destroy the fortified cities you trust. Yet, even in those days, declares the Lord, I won’t destroy all of you. 19They will ask, “Why has the Lord our God done all this to us?” Answer them, “You have abandoned me and served foreign gods in your land. So you will serve foreigners in a land that isn’t yours.” 20“Tell this to the descendants of Jacob, and make this heard in Judah:
Read all of Jeremiah 5Jeremiah 5:18 word by word
וְגַ֛ם בַּיָּמִ֥ים הָהֵ֖מָּה נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֑ה לֹֽא־אֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה אִתְּכֶ֖ם כָּלָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 5:18
- 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 4:27This is what the Lord says: The whole earth will be ruined, although I will not destroy it completely.
- Ezekiel 9:8As they were killing people, I was left alone. So I immediately bowed down. I cried, “Almighty Lord, will you destroy everyone who is left in Israel while you pour out your anger on Jerusalem?”
- 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?”
- Romans 11:1So I ask, “Has God rejected his people Israel?” That’s unthinkable! Consider this. I’m an Israelite myself, 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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