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Jeremiah 4:27

For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.

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ASV

For thus saith Jehovah, The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full end.

KJV

For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּי־ki-forH3588 →
כֹה֙khohthusH3541 →
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
שְׁמָמָ֥הshe.ma.Maha desolationH8077 →
תִהְיֶ֖הtih.Yehit will beH1961 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →
וְכָלָ֖הve.kha.Lahand complete destructionH3617 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
אֶעֱשֶֽׂה׃'e.'e.SehI will makeH6213 →

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Nehemiah 9:31But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.Jeremiah 5:10Go 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.Jeremiah 46:28And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”Jeremiah 5:18“Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.Jeremiah 30:11For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”Jeremiah 25:11And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.Romans 9:27–29Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.Ezekiel 11:13Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”Romans 11:1–7I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.Leviticus 26:44Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or despise them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.Ezekiel 20:17Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or bring them to an end in the wilderness.Ezekiel 12:16But I will spare a few of them from sword and famine and plague, so that in the nations to which they go, they can recount all their abominations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”Isaiah 27:8By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.Amos 9:8–9Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.Ezekiel 6:14I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”Ezekiel 33:28I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.Jeremiah 18:16They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.Isaiah 24:1Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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