Jeremiah 5:18

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, All of them are warriors. 17They will devour your harvest and your food; They will devour your sons and your daughters; They will devour your flocks and your herds; They will devour your vines and your fig trees; They will demolish your fortified cities, in which you trust, with the sword. “Yet even in those days,” declares the Lord, “I will not make a complete destruction of you. 19And it shall come about when they say, ‘Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?’ then you shall say to them, ‘Just as you have abandoned Me and served foreign gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’ 20“Declare this in the house of Jacob And proclaim it in Judah, saying,

Jeremiah 5:18 word by word

וְגַ֛ם בַּיָּמִ֥ים הָהֵ֖מָּה נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֑ה לֹֽא־אֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה אִתְּכֶ֖ם כָּלָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Yet evenגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• declaresנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• I will not makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• a completeכָּלָהkâlâh · consumptionH3617

Cross-references for Jeremiah 5:18

• Jeremiah 5:10“Go up through her vine rows and destroy, But do not execute a complete destruction; Strip away her branches, For they are not the Lord’s.
• Jeremiah 4:27For this is what the Lord says: “The whole land shall be a desolation, Yet I will not execute a complete destruction.
• Ezekiel 9:8And as they were striking the people and I alone was left, I fell on my face and cried out, saying, “Oh, Lord God! Are You going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel by pouring out Your wrath on Jerusalem?”
• Ezekiel 11:13Now it came about, as I prophesied, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice, and said, “Oh, Lord God! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete destruction?”
• Romans 11:1I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? Far from it! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of 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