Jeremiah 23:20 “The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplish…”

Jeremiah 23:20

The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.

World English Bible

The LORD’s anger will not return until he has executed and performed the intents of his heart. In the latter days, you will understand it perfectly.

American Standard Version

The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it perfectly.

Geneva Bible 1599

The anger of the Lord shall not returne vntill he haue executed, and till he haue perfourmed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter dayes ye shall vnderstande it plainely.

Darby Translation

The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and until he have performed the purposes of his heart: at the end of the days ye shall understand it clearly.

Young's Literal Translation

The anger of Jehovah doth not turn back Till His doing, and till His establishing, The thoughts of His heart, In the latter end of the days ye attend to it With understanding.

Bible in Basic English

The wrath of the Lord will not be turned back till he has done, till he has put into effect, the purposes of his heart: in days to come you will have full knowledge of this.

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Cross references

“until”

Jeremiah 30:24 Isaiah 14:24 Zechariah 1:6 Zechariah 8:14 Zechariah 8:15

Jeremiah 30:24 · BSB

The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.

Isaiah 14:24 · BSB

The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.

Zechariah 1:6 · BSB

But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has…

Zechariah 8:14 · BSB

For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Just as I resolved to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the LORD of Hosts,

Zechariah 8:15 · BSB

“so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid.

“in the”

Genesis 49:1 Proverbs 21:30 1 Kings 8:47 Proverbs 5:11–14 Deuteronomy 31:29 Deuteronomy 31:30

Genesis 49:1 · BSB

Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:

Proverbs 21:30 · BSB

There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.

1 Kings 8:47 · BSB

and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

Proverbs 5:11–14 · BSB

At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,

Deuteronomy 31:29 · BSB

For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke H…

Deuteronomy 31:30 · BSB

Then Moses recited aloud to the whole assembly of Israel the words of this song from beginning to end:

Also

Isaiah 55:11 2 Kings 23:26

Isaiah 55:11 · BSB

so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.

2 Kings 23:26 · BSB

Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.

21I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.

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