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International Version</a></span><br />&#8220Yet even in those days,&#8221 declares the LORD, &#8220I will not destroy you completely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Yet even in those days I will not blot you out completely,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“But even in those days, declares the LORD, I will not make a full end of you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Nevertheless in those days,” says the LORD, “I will not make a complete end of you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a complete destruction of you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Yet even in those days,&#8221 declares the LORD, &#8220I will not make you a complete destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make you a complete destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Yet even in those days,” declares Yahweh, “I will not make you a complete destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“But even in those days,” says the LORD, “I will not totally destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“But even in those days”—this is the LORD’s declaration—“I will not finish you off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />&#8220But even in those days"—this is the LORD&#8217s declaration—"I will not finish you off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But even in those days, saith Jehovah, I will not make a full end with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD said: Jeremiah, the enemy army won't kill everyone in Judah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But even in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Yet, even in those days, declares the LORD, I won't destroy all of you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD says, "Yet even in those days I will not completely destroy my people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Yet even in those days," declares the LORD, "I won't destroy you completely. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Yet even then I will not completely destroy you," says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"But even in those days," says the LORD, "I will not make a full end with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“But even in those days,” says Yahweh, “I will not make a full end of you. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And even in those days,” "" A declaration of YHWH, "" “I do not make you a completion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And even in those days, an affirmation of Jehovah, I do not make you a completion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And also in those days, says Jehovah, I will not make with you a completion.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord, I will not bring you to utter destruction. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Yet truly, in those days, says the Lord, I will not bring the consummation over you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Yet even in those days—oracle of the LORD—I will not completely destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But even in those days, says the LORD, I will not make a full end of you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Nevertheless in those days, says the LORD, I will not make a full end of you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Also in those days, says LORD JEHOVAH, I shall not destroy you<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But even in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And it shall come to pass in those days, saith the Lord thy God, that I will not utterly destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/5-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=1569" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Judgment Proclaimed</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.” <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">“Yet even</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hā·hêm·māh (Art:: Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">in those</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yā·mîm (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um- (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">“I will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ’e·‘ĕ·śeh (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">make</a> <a href="/hebrew/3617.htm" title="3617: kā·lāh (N-ms) -- Completion, complete destruction, consumption, annihilation. From kalah; a completion; adverb, completely; also destruction.">a full end</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’it·tə·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">of you.</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Jeremiah 4:27</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/30-11.htm">Jeremiah 30:11</a></span><br />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 leave you unpunished.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/46-28.htm">Jeremiah 46:28</a></span><br />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 you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-20.htm">Isaiah 10:20-23</a></span><br />On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel. / A remnant will return—a remnant of Jacob—to the Mighty God. / Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/27-7.htm">Isaiah 27:7-9</a></span><br />Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Was she killed like those who slayed her? / By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows. / Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/11-13.htm">Ezekiel 11:13</a></span><br />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?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-17.htm">Ezekiel 20:17</a></span><br />Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or bring them to an end in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/9-8.htm">Amos 9:8-9</a></span><br />Surely 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. / “For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-12.htm">Zephaniah 3:12-13</a></span><br />But I will leave within you a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the LORD. / The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-27.htm">Romans 9:27-29</a></span><br />Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved. / For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.” / It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-1.htm">Romans 11:1-5</a></span><br />I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. / God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel: / “Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-25.htm">Romans 11:25-27</a></span><br />I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. / And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob. / And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-8.htm">2 Corinthians 4:8-9</a></span><br />We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; / persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-9.htm">2 Corinthians 12:9</a></span><br />But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-5.htm">Hebrews 12:5-11</a></span><br />And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. / For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” / Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Nevertheless in those days, said the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.</p><p class="hdg">I will not make.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">Jeremiah 5:10</a></b></br> Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they <i>are</i> not the LORD'S.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Jeremiah 4:27</a></b></br> For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/9-8.htm">Ezekiel 9:8</a></b></br> And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/5-11.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">Completion</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-15.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">End</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">Full</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-4.htm">Nevertheless</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/5-29.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-9.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-13.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/daniel/9-2.htm">Completion</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-29.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-2.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-1.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-31.htm">End</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-27.htm">Full</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-24.htm">Nevertheless</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-1.htm">The judgments of God upon the people, for their perverseness;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">for their adultery;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">for their impiety;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-15.htm">for their worship of idols;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-19.htm">for their contempt of God;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-25.htm">and for their great corruption in the civil state;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-30.htm">and ecclesiastical.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/jeremiah/5.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>Yet even in those days</b><br />This phrase introduces a message of hope and continuity amidst judgment. The Hebrew word for "days" (יָמִים, yamim) often signifies a period of time that is significant in God's plan. Historically, "those days" refers to the time of impending judgment upon Judah due to their persistent sin. However, the use of "yet" indicates a shift, suggesting that despite the severity of the situation, God’s mercy and future plans remain intact. This reflects the biblical theme that God’s discipline is not the end but a means to bring His people back to Him.<p><b>declares the LORD</b><br />The phrase emphasizes the authority and certainty of the message. "LORD" (יְהוָה, Yahweh) is the covenant name of God, underscoring His unchanging nature and faithfulness to His promises. In the context of Jeremiah, this declaration serves as a reminder that the words spoken are not merely human predictions but divine pronouncements. It reassures the faithful that God is actively involved in the affairs of His people, guiding history according to His sovereign will.<p><b>I will not make a full end of you</b><br />This promise is central to the message of hope. The Hebrew word for "full end" (כָּלָה, kalah) implies total destruction or annihilation. By stating "I will not make a full end," God assures that while judgment is inevitable, it will not be complete or final. This reflects God’s enduring commitment to His covenant with Israel. Historically, this was fulfilled as Judah was exiled but not obliterated, allowing for a remnant to return and rebuild. Scripturally, it aligns with the theme of the remnant, a faithful group preserved by God to continue His purposes. This promise inspires believers today, reminding them of God’s mercy and the assurance that His plans for His people are ultimately for their good and His glory.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">I will not make a full end.</span>--As before, in <a href="/jeremiah/4-27.htm" title="For thus has the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.">Jeremiah 4:27</a>, and in this chapter, <a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm" title="Go you up on her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD's.">Jeremiah 5:10</a>, 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.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/5-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Yet even</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגַ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡam)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in those</span><br /><span class="heb">הָהֵ֖מָּה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·hêm·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> </span><span class="str2">They</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיָּמִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">declares</span><br /><span class="heb">נְאֻם־</span> <span class="translit">(nə·’um-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> </span><span class="str2">An oracle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהֹוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">make</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(’e·‘ĕ·śeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a full end</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּלָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(kā·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3617.htm">Strong's 3617: </a> </span><span class="str2">Completion, complete destruction, consumption, annihilation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of you.</span><br /><span class="heb">אִתְּכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(’it·tə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nearness, near, with, by, at, among</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/5-18.htm">Jeremiah 5:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/5-18.htm">Jeremiah 5:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/5-18.htm">Jeremiah 5:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/5-18.htm">Jeremiah 5:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/5-18.htm">Jeremiah 5:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/5-18.htm">Jeremiah 5:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/5-18.htm">Jeremiah 5:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/5-18.htm">Jeremiah 5:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/5-18.htm">Jeremiah 5:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/5-18.htm">Jeremiah 5:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/5-18.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 5:18 But even in those days says Yahweh (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/5-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 5:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 5:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/5-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 5:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 5:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>