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Jeremiah 4:27 For this is what the LORD says: "The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.
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yet I will not make a full end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</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="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For thus says the LORD: “The whole land shall be desolate; Yet I will not make a full end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land shall be a desolation, Yet I will not execute a complete destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For thus says the LORD, “The whole land shall be a desolation, Yet I will not execute a complete destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For thus says the LORD, “The whole land shall be a desolation, Yet I will not execute a complete destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For thus says Yahweh, “The whole land shall be a desolation, Yet I will not execute a complete destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Therefore says the LORD, “The whole land shall be a desolation, Yet I will not cause total destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be a desolation, but I will not finish it off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD says: The whole land will be a desolation, but I will not finish it off. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For thus saith Jehovah, The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For thus saith the LORD, The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: The whole earth will be ruined, although I will not destroy it completely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD has said that the whole earth will become a wasteland, but that he will not completely destroy it.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD says: "The entire land will be devastated, but I won't completely destroy it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</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="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />All this will happen because the LORD said, "The whole land will be desolate; however, I will not completely destroy it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For thus says the LORD, "The whole land shall be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For Yahweh says, “The whole land will be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For thus said YHWH: “All the land is a desolation, but I do not make a completion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For thus said Jehovah: All the land is a desolation, but a completion I make not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For thus said Jehovah, All the earth shall be a desert; and I will not make a completion.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For thus saith the Lord: All the land shall be desolate, but yet I will not utterly destroy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For thus says the Lord: “All the earth will be desolate, but I will not yet bring about its consummation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For thus says the LORD: The whole earth shall be waste, but I will not wholly destroy it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For thus says the LORD: The whole land shall be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For thus says the LORD God, The whole land shall be desolate; yet I will not make a full end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because thus says LORD JEHOVAH: all the land will be for destruction, and I shall not make the end<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For thus saith the LORD: The whole land shall be desolate; Yet will I not make a full end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord, The whole land shall be desolate; but I will not make a full end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=1275" 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/4.htm">Lamentation for Judah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">26</span>I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were torn down before the LORD, before His fierce anger. <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: ḵōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">this is what</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/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">“The whole</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">land</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: ṯih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/8077.htm" title="8077: šə·mā·māh (N-fs) -- Devastation, waste. Or shimamah; feminine of shamem; devastation; figuratively, astonishment.">desolate,</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.">but I will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3617.htm" title="3617: wə·ḵā·lāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Completion, complete destruction, consumption, annihilation. From kalah; a completion; adverb, completely; also destruction.">finish its destruction.</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."></a> </span><span class="reftext">28</span>Therefore 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.”…<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="/isaiah/24-1.htm">Isaiah 24:1-3</a></span><br />Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants— / people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor. / The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/6-14.htm">Ezekiel 6:14</a></span><br />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.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-2.htm">Zephaniah 1:2-3</a></span><br />“I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD. / “I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/6-11.htm">Isaiah 6:11-12</a></span><br />Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged, / until the LORD has driven men far away and the land is utterly forsaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-3.htm">Amos 5:3</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: “The city that marches out a thousand strong will have but a hundred left, and the one that marches out a hundred strong will have but ten left in the house of Israel.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-9.htm">Isaiah 13:9</a></span><br />Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/33-27.htm">Ezekiel 33:27-29</a></span><br />Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague. / I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through. / Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the abominations they have committed.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-13.htm">Micah 7:13</a></span><br />Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-7.htm">Isaiah 1:7-9</a></span><br />Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers. / And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged. / Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-3.htm">Hosea 4:3</a></span><br />Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-21.htm">Matthew 24:21-22</a></span><br />For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again. / If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Revelation 18:8</a></span><br />Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-22.htm">Isaiah 10:22-23</a></span><br />Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness. / For the Lord GOD of Hosts will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-27.htm">Romans 9:27-28</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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/17-9.htm">Isaiah 17:9</a></span><br />In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter desolation.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For thus has the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.</p><p class="hdg">The.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-7.htm">Jeremiah 4:7</a></b></br> The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; <i>and</i> thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Jeremiah 7:34</a></b></br> Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Jeremiah 12:11</a></b></br> They have made it desolate, <i>and being</i> desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth <i>it</i> to heart.</p><p class="hdg">yet.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">Jeremiah 5:10,18</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/30-11.htm">Jeremiah 30:11</a></b></br> For I <i>am</i> with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/46-28.htm">Jeremiah 46:28</a></b></br> Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I <i>am</i> with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/66-9.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/nehemiah/3-21.htm">Completion</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-7.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-15.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-10.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-5.htm">End</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-16.htm">Execute</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-12.htm">Full</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Ruined</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-26.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><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/4-30.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-8.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-6.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">End</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">Execute</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">Full</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-12.htm">Ruined</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-30.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-29.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-1.htm">God calls Israel by his promise</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-3.htm">He exhorts Judah to repentance by fearful judgments</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">A grievous lamentation for Judah</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'; 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In the prophetic tradition, the phrase underscores that the message is not Jeremiah's own but a direct revelation from God. This is a common introduction in prophetic literature, indicating the seriousness and authenticity of the prophecy. It aligns with the role of prophets as God's mouthpieces, as seen in other prophetic books like Isaiah and Ezekiel.<p><b>The whole land will be desolate:</b><br>This prophecy refers to the impending judgment on Judah due to their persistent idolatry and disobedience. The term "desolate" suggests a complete devastation, which historically aligns with the Babylonian invasion and the subsequent exile of the Jewish people. The land of Judah, once fertile and prosperous, would become barren and uninhabited. This desolation is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, often used to describe the consequences of turning away from God, as seen in <a href="/leviticus/26-31.htm">Leviticus 26:31-33</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/28-49.htm">Deuteronomy 28:49-52</a>.<p><b>but I will not finish its destruction:</b><br>Here, a note of hope is introduced amidst the pronouncement of judgment. While the land will suffer greatly, God promises not to utterly destroy it. This reflects God's mercy and the covenantal relationship with His people, suggesting a future restoration. This concept is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/isaiah/10-20.htm">Isaiah 10:20-23</a> and <a href="/amos/9-8.htm">Amos 9:8</a>, where God preserves a remnant. It also foreshadows the eventual return from exile and the rebuilding of Jerusalem, pointing to God's faithfulness and the ultimate redemption through Christ, who restores and renews.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which faced impending judgment due to its persistent idolatry and disobedience to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who is both just in His judgments and merciful in His promises.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/desolation.htm">Desolation</a></b><br>The state of the land as a result of God's judgment, symbolizing the consequences of sin and rebellion.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/remnant.htm">Remnant</a></b><br>The concept of a remaining group that God preserves, indicating His mercy and future restoration.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">God's Justice and Mercy</a></b><br>God's judgment is real and deserved due to sin, but His mercy ensures that He does not completely destroy His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_remnant.htm">The Role of the Remnant</a></b><br>God always preserves a remnant, a sign of hope and future restoration. This encourages believers to remain faithful amidst widespread unfaithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Desolation serves as a wake-up call for repentance. Believers are urged to turn back to God to experience His mercy and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_desolation.htm">Hope in Desolation</a></b><br>Even in the darkest times, God’s promise not to "finish it off" assures us of His ongoing plan and purpose for His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_trials.htm">Faithfulness in Trials</a></b><br>Believers are encouraged to trust in God's faithfulness and remain steadfast, knowing that He will not abandon His people.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_declare_devastation_yet_not_end.htm">Jeremiah 4:27: Why does God declare total devastation yet say He won’t “make a full end,” and isn’t this contradictory? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_temple's_ruin_with_psalm_27_4.htm">(Psalm 27:4) How can one reconcile the desire to 'dwell in the house of the LORD' forever with the archaeological record of the ancient temple's destruction?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_of_shiloh's_destruction.htm">Jeremiah 7:12: Is there any archaeological evidence confirming the fate of Shiloh and the claims made about its destruction?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_enemy_forces_'like_clouds'.htm">Jeremiah 4:13: Is there any historical or archaeological evidence of enemy forces sweeping in 'like clouds' and destroying the land as described?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) <span class= "bld">Yet will I not make a full end.</span>--The thought is echoed from <a href="/amos/9-8.htm" title="Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, said the LORD.">Amos 9:8</a>; <a href="/isaiah/6-13.htm" title="But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.">Isaiah 6:13</a>; <a href="/isaiah/10-21.htm" title="The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.">Isaiah 10:21</a>, and repeated in <a href="/jeremiah/5-18.htm" title="Nevertheless in those days, said the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.">Jeremiah 5:18</a>. There was then hope in the distance. The destruction, terrible as it seemed, was not final. The penalty was a discipline. (Comp. <a href="/leviticus/26-44.htm" title="And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.">Leviticus 26:44</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - The vision breaks off, and the prophet emphasizes its truthfulness by the announcement of the Divine decree. "Desolation, and yet not a full end," is its burden. This is the same doctrine of the" remnant" which formed so important a part of the prophetic message of Isaiah and his contemporaries. However severe the punishment of Judah may be, there will be a "remnant" which shall escape, and become the seed of a holier nation (<a href="/amos/9-8.htm">Amos 9:8</a>; <a href="/isaiah/4-2.htm">Isaiah 4:2</a>; <a href="/isaiah/6-13.htm">Isaiah 6:13</a>; <a href="/isaiah/10-20.htm">Isaiah 10:20</a>; <a href="/isaiah/11-11.htm">Isaiah 11:11</a>; <a href="/hosea/6-1.htm">Hosea 6:1, 2</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/4-27.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">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this is what</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹה֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḵōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֔ה</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">says:</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“The whole</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">land</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֑רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be</span><br /><span class="heb">תִהְיֶ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṯih·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">desolate,</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמָמָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(šə·mā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8077.htm">Strong's 8077: </a> </span><span class="str2">Devastation, astonishment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but I will not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֥א</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">finish its destruction.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכָלָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵā·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine 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 /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Jeremiah 4:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Jeremiah 4:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Jeremiah 4:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Jeremiah 4:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Jeremiah 4:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Jeremiah 4:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Jeremiah 4:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Jeremiah 4:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Jeremiah 4:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Jeremiah 4:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/4-27.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 4:27 For thus says Yahweh The whole land (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/4-26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 4:26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 4:26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/4-28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 4:28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 4:28" /></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>