He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 5:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Go up among her vineyard terraces and destroy them, but do not finish them off. Prune away her shoots, for they do not belong to the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD's. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Go up within [Jerusalem's] walls and destroy [her vines], but do not make a full and complete end. Trim away the tendrils [of her vines], for they are not the Lord's. American Standard Version (1901) Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her branches; for they are not Jehovah’s. Common English Bible Climb through her vineyards and ravage them, although not completely. Prune back her branches, because they aren’t the LORD’s. Catholic Public Domain Version Scale its walls and tear them down. But do not be willing to bring about its very end. Take away its plantings, for they are not the Lord's. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Scale down the walls thereof and throw them down, but do not utterly destroy: take away the branches thereof, because they are not the Lord's. |
He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
So he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their fit young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary. He had no pity on young men or young women, elderly or aged; he handed them all over to him.
I planted you, a choice vine from the very best seed. How then could you turn into a degenerate, foreign vine?
I am going to send for all the families of the north” #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #”and send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, against its residents, and against all these surrounding nations, and I will completely destroy them and make them an example of horror and scorn, and ruins for ever.
For I will be with you – this is the Lord’s declaration – to save you! I will bring destruction on all the nations where I have scattered you; however, I will not bring destruction on you. I will discipline you justly, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.
The Chaldeans next burned down the king’s palace and the people’s houses and tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
For this is what the Lord says: ‘The whole land will be a desolation, but I will not finish it off.
And you, my servant Jacob, do not be afraid – this is the Lord’s declaration – for I will be with you. I will bring destruction on all the nations where I have banished you, but I will not bring destruction on you. I will discipline you with justice, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.
They, the house of Israel and the house of Judah, have dealt very treacherously with me. This is the Lord’s declaration.
‘But even in those days’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘I will not finish you off.
Should I not punish them for these things? This is the Lord’s declaration. Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?
But I will spare a few of them from the sword, famine, and plague, so that among the nations where they go they can tell about all their detestable practices. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’
‘Or suppose I bring a sword against that land and say, “Let a sword pass through it,” so that I wipe out both people and animals from it.
Then the Lord said: Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not my people, and I will not be your God. ,
Look, the eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom, and I will obliterate it from the face of the earth. However, I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob – this is the Lord’s declaration –
The king was enraged, and he sent out his troops, killed those murderers, and burned down their city.