Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord’s.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsGo ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her branches; for they are not Jehovah’s.
Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
Go ye up on her walls, and destroy, And a completion make not, Turn aside her branches, for they are not Jehovah's,
Go up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end; take away her battlements, for they are not Jehovah's.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile