Jeremiah 5:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘But even in those days’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘I will not finish you off. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But even in those days, says the Lord, I will not make a full and complete end of you. American Standard Version (1901) But even in those days, saith Jehovah, I will not make a full end with you. Common English Bible Yet even in those days, declares the LORD, I won’t completely destroy you. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, in those days, says the Lord, I will not bring the consummation over you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Nevertheless, in those days, saith the Lord, I will not bring you to utter destruction. |
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.
For this is what the Lord says: ‘The whole land will be a desolation, but I will not finish it off.
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.
They will consume your harvest and your food. They will consume your sons and your daughters. They will consume your flocks and your herds. They will consume your vines and your fig trees. With the sword they will destroy your fortified cities in which you trust.
When people ask, “For what offence has the Lord our God done all these things to us? ”, you will respond to them, “Just as you abandoned me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.”
Now while I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell face down and cried out loudly, ‘Oh, Lord God! You are bringing the remnant of Israel to an end! ’
Yet I spared them from destruction and did not bring them to an end in the wilderness.
While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell face down and cried out, ‘Oh, Lord God! Are you going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel when you pour out your wrath on Jerusalem? ’
Are you not from eternity, Lord my God? My Holy One, you will not die. Lord, you appointed them to execute judgement; my Rock, you destined them to punish us.