New English Translation
Jeremiah 30:24
24The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has fully carried out his intended purposes. In days to come you will come to understand this.
Jeremiah 30:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
- New International Version (NIV)The fierce anger of the Lord will not turn back until he fully accomplishes the purposes of his heart. In days to come you will understand this.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The fierce anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has executed and accomplished the intentions of his mind. In the latter days you will understand this.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The fierce anger of the Lord will not return until He has done it, And until He has performed the intents of His heart. In the latter days you will consider it.
Context of Jeremiah 30:24
22Then you will again be my people and I will be your God. 23Just watch! The wrath of the Lord will come like a storm. Like a raging storm it will rage down on the heads of those who are wicked. The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has fully carried out his intended purposes. In days to come you will come to understand this.
Read all of Jeremiah 30Jeremiah 30:24 word by word
לֹ֣א יָשׁ֗וּב חֲרוֹן֙ אַף־יְהוָ֔ה עַד־עֲשֹׂת֥וֹ וְעַד־הֲקִימ֖וֹ מְזִמּ֣וֹת לִבּ֑וֹ בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית הַיָּמִ֖ים תִּתְבּ֥וֹנְנוּ בָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- The fierceחָרוֹןchârôn chârôn · burning angerH2740
- angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
- of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- shall not returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: turn backH7725
- until he have doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- and until he have performedקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
- the intentsמְזִמָּהmezimmâh · plotH4209
- of his heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
- in the latterאַחֲרִית'achărîyth · endH319
- daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- ye shall considerבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
Cross-references for Jeremiah 30:24
- Jeremiah 4:28Because of this the land will mourn and the sky above will grow black. For I have made my purpose known and I will not relent or turn back from carrying it out.”
- 1 Samuel 3:12On that day I will carry out against Eli everything that I spoke about his house – from start to finish!
- Job 23:13But he is unchangeable, and who can change him? Whatever he has desired, he does.
- Isaiah 14:24The Lord who commands armies makes this solemn vow: “Be sure of this: Just as I have intended, so it will be; just as I have planned, it will happen.
- Isaiah 46:11who summons an eagle from the east, from a distant land, one who carries out my plan. Yes, I have decreed, yes, I will bring it to pass; I have formulated a plan, yes, I will carry it out.
- Ezekiel 20:47and say to the scrub land of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of the Lord: This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, I am about to start a fire in you, and it will devour every green tree and every dry tree in you. The flaming fire will not be extinguished, and the whole surface of the ground from the Negev to the north will be scorched by it.
- Ezekiel 21:5Then everyone will know that I am the Lord, who drew my sword from its sheath – it will not be sheathed again!’
- Jeremiah 23:20The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has fully carried out his intended purposes. In days to come you people will come to understand this clearly.
- Jeremiah 48:47Yet in days to come I will reverse Moab’s ill fortune.” says the Lord. The judgment against Moab ends here.
- Jeremiah 49:39“Yet in days to come I will reverse Elam’s ill fortune.” says the Lord.
- Genesis 49:1Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather together so I can tell you what will happen to you in the future.
- Numbers 24:14And now, I am about to go back to my own people. Come now, and I will advise you as to what this people will do to your people in the future.”
- Deuteronomy 4:30In your distress when all these things happen to you in the latter days, if you return to the Lord your God and obey him
- Deuteronomy 31:29For I know that after I die you will totally corrupt yourselves and turn away from the path I have commanded you to walk. Disaster will confront you in the days to come because you will act wickedly before the Lord, inciting him to anger because of your actions.”
- Ezekiel 38:16You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud covering the earth. In the latter days I will bring you against my land so that the nations may acknowledge me, when before their eyes I magnify myself through you, O Gog.
- Daniel 2:28However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the times to come. The dream and the visions you had while lying on your bed are as follows.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 30:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24In the latter days ye shall consider it - By the latter days the Gospel dispensation is generally meant; and that restoration which is the principal topic in this and the succeeding chapter refers to this time. Had the Jews properly considered this subject, they would long ere this have been brought into the liberty of the Gospel, and saved from the maledictions under which they now groan. Why do not the Jews read their own prophets more conscientiously?Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-24Verses 18-24 We have here further intimations of the favour of God for them after the days of their calamity have expired. The proper work and office of Christ, as Mediator, is to draw near unto God, for us, as the High Priest of our profession. His own undertaking, in compliance with his Father's will, and in compassion to fallen man, engaged him. Jesus Christ was, in all this, truly wonderful. They shall be taken again into covenant with the Lord…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24Punishment was an important part of the Lord's plan. The Israelites, including Jeremiah, struggled to understand how God's promises fit with His anger. Reflecting on past events later would help them understand this contradiction.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-2423-24. (Jr 23:19). Vengeance upon God's foes always accompanies manifestations of His grace to His people. continuing--literally, "sojourning," abiding constantly; appropriately here in the case of Babylon, which was to be permanently destroyed, substituted for "whirling itself about" ("grievous" in English Version) (see on Jr 23:19,20), where the temporary downfall of Judea is spoken of.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 30
- 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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