“But even in those days,” says Yahweh, “I will not make a full end of you.
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“But even in those days,” says Yahweh, “I will not make a full end of you.
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Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
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But even in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
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Passages linked to Jeremiah 5:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Jeremiah 5:10 “Go up on her walls, and destroy; but don’t make a full end. Take away her branches, for they are not Yahweh’s.
- Jeremiah 4:27 For Yahweh says, “The whole land will be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.
- Romans 11:1-5 I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God didn’t reject his people, which he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel: “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars. I am left alone, and they seek my life.” But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
- Ezekiel 9:8 While they were killing, and I was left, I fell on my face, and cried, and said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! Will you destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring out of your wrath on Jerusalem?”
- Ezekiel 11:13 When I prophesied, Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?”
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain Different views may be taken as to the meaning…
Different views may be taken as to the meaning of this verse; but the greater part of interpreters think that a hope is here given to the faithful; yea, nearly all are of this opinion; indeed I know not any one who takes another view. They then think that God moderates here what he had previously said, and that he gives some ground of hope to his servants, lest they should imagine that the Church would be so reduced as to have no seed remaining: and כלה, cale, as it was said yesterday, is often taken in this sense. But when I now carefully consider the context, I feel constrained to take another view, even this — that God here enhances the severity of his vengeance. And the particle גם, gam, “also, “or even, favors this view; as though he had said, “Think not that it will be all over when your enemies shall thus plunder you of all your possessions, deprive you of your children, and reduce you to extreme want; for ye shall not by any means be thus freed from all evils, as I shall pursue my vengeance still further.” There will hereafter follow promises to moderate threatenings, that the hearts of the faithful may not despond: but in this place the Prophet, I have no doubt, introduces God as a Judge, executing vengeance, as though there was no place for mercy.
Then also, he says; for the particle גם, gam, is inhansive and emphatic; Then also, in those days; that is, “When your enemies shall strip your land of its produce, and of all its animals, and of its inhabitants, I shall not even then cease to pursue you: I will not make an end with you, for there will still remain scourges, when ye shall think that rest is given to you, and that the end of evils and of all calamities had come.” In this manner is God wont to deal with the impenitent; for such is their perverseness, that being smitten they become more and more hardened, and champ the bit, according to the old proverb. And hence is their hardness, because they think that God is, as it were, disarmed when he has punished them for their sins. He therefore declares that he has in his power different kinds of punishment and different ways of punishing. And to the same purpose is what follows —
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Here the Lord declareth his unspeakable favor toward his…
Here the Lord declareth his unspeakable favor toward his Church, as Jer. 4:27.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jer 5:18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD,…
Jer 5:18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
Ver. 18. I will not make a full end with thee.] In the midst of judgment, God remembereth mercy. See Jer 4:27; Jer 5:10. Howbeit, from this text some gather, that now in this last captivity of theirs, God hath made a full end with the Jews, and that "wrath is come upon them to the utmost," or to the end εις τελος, as the Greek hath it. {1Th 2:16}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain See this verse explained Jer 4:27, save only that…
See this verse explained Jer 4:27, save only that I think here it is taken in the first sense there mentioned; for it is not said only, as in that verse,
I will not make a full end, or a full end of you, but a full end with you: q.d. I have not done with you yet. See Lev 26:14-40.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Nevertheless, in those days,.... When these things should be…
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.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Nevertheless - I have not done with you yet.
Nevertheless - I have not done with you yet.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 18. I will not make a full end]…
Verse 18. 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.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Not even in those days of judgments, will God…
Not even in those days of judgments, will God utterly exterminate His people.
I will not make a full end with you-- (Jer 5:10; Jer 4:27).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 18. Not make a full end — How often…
18. Not make a full end — How often does this merciful refrain come in!
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. Du. for metre and style excludes the whole…
18. Du. for metre and style excludes the whole remainder of the ch. from Jeremiah’s authorship. Without such drastic treatment of the text, we may yet hesitate to accept this v. as it seems an unwarranted interruption of the sequence of thought. See on Jer_4:27.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (18) I will not make a full end.—As before,…
(18) I will not make a full end.—As before, in Jer_4:27, and in this chapter, Jer_5:10, what seems the extremest sentence is tempered by the assurance that it is not absolutely final. It is intended to be reformatory, and not merely penal.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Sparing mercy.
Sparing mercy.
The judgments described as about to be inflicted are very fearful, but they were amply deserved. The wickedness of the people was such as to justify their complete destruction. Yet they were spared ere they were totally extinct! Why this unlooked-for restraint?
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I IT HAS CHARACTERIZED ALL GOD"S JUDGMENTS OF MANKIND ON EARTH. The Fall, the Flood, the Exodus, etc., the sparing of the remnant of Benjamin, etc.
II THERE IS BUT ONE EXPLANATION FOR IT. It is the possibility of some turning to him truly in the first instance; and, secondly, through them, of the race being saved in the future. God has never utterly cut off even the most sinful. Love, and not. mere vengeance, behaves in this way.
1. Has he not spared us?
2. He has never abandoned his purpose of saving "the whole world. M.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Connecting Statement:
Connecting Statement:
Yahweh continues to speak to the people of Israel and Jeremiah.
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in those days
The phrase "those days" refers to the time when a distant nation will come and attack the people of Israel.
this is Yahweh's declaration
Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in Jeremiah 1:8. AT: "this is what Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh, have declared" (See: First, Second, or Third Person)
do not intend to destroy
"will not destroy"
done all these things to us
The phrase "these things" refers to sending armies to attack them. AT: "done all these things to harm us" or "sent foreign armies to attack us" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
Just as you ... served foreign gods in your land, so you must also serve strangers
Here "served foreign gods" represents worshiping foreign gods. God would punish them for serving foreign gods by making them serve foreign people. AT: "Because you ... worshiped foreign gods in your land, you will have to serve foreigners" (See: Metaphor)
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Yahweh
kingdom of Israel
kingdom of Judah
God
Jeremiah
worship
alien
false god
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 5:18-19 The Lord comforted Jeremiah with the knowledge that…
5:18-19 The Lord comforted Jeremiah with the knowledge that the destruction would not be total, and he prepared the prophet to respond to those who wondered why the Lord would bring such severe judgment upon them.
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