Jeremiah 4:27 “For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but…”

Jeremiah 4:27

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

For the LORD says, “The whole land will be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For thus hath the Lord saide, The whole lande shall be desolate: yet will I not make a full ende.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

For thus said Jehovah: All the land is a desolation, but a completion I make not.

Bible in Basic English

For this is what the Lord has said: All the land will become a waste; I will make destruction complete.

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Cross references

“The”

Jeremiah 4:7 Jeremiah 7:34 Jeremiah 18:16 2 Chronicles 36:21 Isaiah 24:1 Ezekiel 6:14

Jeremiah 4:7 · BSB

A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.

Jeremiah 7:34 · BSB

I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”

Jeremiah 18:16 · BSB

They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.

2 Chronicles 36:21 · BSB

So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah.

Isaiah 24:1 · BSB

Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—

Ezekiel 6:14 · BSB

I 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.’”

“yet”

Jeremiah 5:10 Jeremiah 5:18 Jeremiah 46:28 Jeremiah 30:11 Leviticus 26:44 Ezekiel 11:13

Jeremiah 5:10 · BSB

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 5:18 · BSB

“Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.

Jeremiah 46:28 · BSB

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 completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline y…

Jeremiah 30:11 · BSB

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 discipline you justly, and will by no means…

Leviticus 26:44 · BSB

Yet 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 11:13 · BSB

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 end?”

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

In context

26I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were torn down before the LORD, before His fierce anger.

28Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”

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