Jeremiah 5:18
in Jeremiah 5“Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But even in those days, saith Jehovah, I will not make a full end with you.
KJV
Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord, I will not make a full end with you.
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This verse in Jeremiah 5
Commentary
7 notes on this verseGod, who judges "little by little," gives to those being chastised room for repentance, and does not, in punishing at the very moment of sin, bring the full completion of the punishment upon the one who has sinned. For this reason, "judging little by little," he chastises. And an example of this is in Leviticus; for in the curses against those who transgress the Law it is written, after the earlier punishments: "And it shall be, if after these things you do not turn back, says the Lord, I too will add to you seven plagues."
This site's exposition
I will not make a full end of you
on Jeremiah 5:18-19
The limit named twice in the book returns a third time, “I will not make a full end of you”, before the exile is explained. The people will ask why the LORD has done all these things.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 15 and following) Behold, I will bring upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, says the Lord: a strong nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you will not understand, nor will you know what it speaks. Its quiver is like an open tomb, all mighty warriors. And it will devour your crops and your bread; it will devour your sons and daughters; it will devour your flocks and herds; it will devour your vineyards and fig trees; and it will crush your fortified cities, in which you trust, with the sword.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Nevertheless, in those days,.... When these things should be done by the king of Babylon and his army: saith the Lord, I will not make a full end with you: this was to be done at another time, not now; See Gill on Jer 4:27, Jer 5:10, though some think that this is a threatening of more and greater calamities; that this would not be all he would do to them; he had not yet done; he had other evils and calamities, to bring upon them, particularly a long captivity.
) with a non obstante--a nevertheless to the present desolation: "Even in those days, dismal as they are, I will not make a full end with you; " and, if God will not, the enemy shall not. God has mercy in store for his people, and therefore will set bounds to this desolating judgment.
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4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the L ORD , nor the judgment of their God. 5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the L ORD , and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
I 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, Jer 5:19.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְגַ֛ם | vegam | and also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| בַּיָּמִ֥ים | baiyamim | in the days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הָהֵ֖מָּה | hahemah | <the> those | H1992 → | 553 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהֹוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה | ʾeeseh | I will make | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אִתְּכֶ֖ם | ʾitekhem | with you | H854 → | 929 times |
| כָּלָֽה׃ | kalah | complete destruction | H3617 → | 21 times |
וְגַ֛םand also
vegamH1571 →769 times
בַּיָּמִ֥יםin the days
baiyamimH3117 →2304 times
הָהֵ֖מָּה<the> those
hahemahH1992 →553 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהֹוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
אֶעֱשֶׂ֥הI will make
ʾeesehH6213 →2628 times
אִתְּכֶ֖םwith you
ʾitekhemH854 →929 times
כָּלָֽה׃complete destruction
kalahH3617 →21 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 9:8While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”
it leads to
- Ezekiel 11:13
Now 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 11:13
Through
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…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 11:1
Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them…
- Ezekiel 9:8
While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”
- Ezekiel 11:1
Through
Jeremiah 4:27For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 46:28
And 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…
- Jeremiah 5:10
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.
- Jeremiah 30:11
For 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…
- Jeremiah 46:28
Through
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.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 4:27
For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.
- Hosea 1:9
And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.
- Jeremiah 4:27
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 7.