Parallel Verses
Amplified
Therefore says the Lord,
“The whole land shall be a desolation,
Yet I will not cause total destruction.
New American Standard Bible
“The
Yet I will
King James Version
For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
Holman Bible
For this is what the Lord says:
but I will not finish it off.
International Standard Version
For this is what the LORD says: "The entire land will be devastated, but I won't completely destroy it.
American Standard Version
For thus saith Jehovah, The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full end.
Bible in Basic English
For this is what the Lord has said: All the land will become a waste; I will make destruction complete.
Darby Translation
For thus saith Jehovah: The whole land shall be a desolation; but I will not make a full end.
Julia Smith Translation
For thus said Jehovah, All the earth shall be a desert; and I will not make a completion.
King James 2000
For thus has the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For thus says Yahweh, "All of the land will be a desolation, yet I will not make a complete desolation.
Modern King James verseion
For so Jehovah has said, The whole land shall be desolate, yet I will not make a full end.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For thus hath the LORD said, "The whole land shall be desolate, yet will I not then have done.
NET Bible
All this will happen because the Lord said, "The whole land will be desolate; however, I will not completely destroy it.
New Heart English Bible
For thus says the LORD, "The whole land shall be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.
The Emphasized Bible
For, thus, saith Yahweh, A desolation, shall all the land become - Nevertheless a full end, will I not make.
Webster
For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
World English Bible
For thus says Yahweh, "The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full end.
Youngs Literal Translation
For thus said Jehovah: All the land is a desolation, but a completion I make not.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Jeremiah 4:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
26
I looked, and behold, the fertile land was a wilderness,
And all its cities were pulled down
Before the [presence of the] Lord, before His fierce anger.
Therefore says the Lord,
“The whole land shall be a desolation,
Yet I will not cause total destruction.
“For this reason the earth shall mourn
And the heavens above shall become dark,
Because I have spoken, I have decided,
And I will not change my mind (relent), nor will I turn back from it.”
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 5:10
“Go up through the rows of Jerusalem’s vineyards and destroy [them],
But do not completely destroy everything.
Strip away her branches and the tendrils [of her vines],
For they are not the Lord’s.
Jeremiah 5:18
“But even in those days,” says the Lord, “I will not totally destroy you.
Jeremiah 30:11
‘For I am with you,’ says the Lord, ‘to save you;
For I will destroy completely all the nations where I have scattered you,
But I will not destroy you completely.
But I will judge and discipline you fairly
And will by no means regard you as guiltless and leave you unpunished.’
Jeremiah 46:28
“Do not fear, O Jacob My servant,” says the Lord,
“For I am with you.
For I will make a full and complete end of all the nations
To which I have driven you;
Yet I will not make a full end of you.
But I will discipline and correct you appropriately
And by no means will I declare you guiltless or leave you unpunished.”
Ezekiel 11:13
Now it came about while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell face downward and cried out loudly, “Alas, Lord God! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”
Leviticus 26:44
Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, nor will I so despise them as to destroy them, breaking My covenant with them; for I am the Lord their God.
2 Chronicles 36:21
to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had restored its Sabbaths; for as long as the land lay desolate it kept Sabbath until seventy years were complete.
Isaiah 6:11-12
Then I said, “Lord, how long?” And He answered,
And houses are without people
And the land is utterly desolate,
Isaiah 24:1
Behold, the Lord
Isaiah 24:3-13
The earth will be completely laid waste and utterly pillaged, for the Lord has spoken this word.
Jeremiah 4:7
“A lion has left his lair,
And a destroyer of nations is on his way.
He has gone out from his place
To desolate your land;
Your cities will be in ruins
Without an inhabitant.
Jeremiah 7:34
Then I will cause the voices of joy and gladness, and the voices of the bridegroom and the bride to vanish from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem; for the land will become a ruin—a wasteland.
Jeremiah 12:11-12
“They have made it a wasteland,
Desolate, it mourns before Me;
The whole land has been made a wasteland,
Because no man takes it to heart.
Jeremiah 18:16
Making their land a desolation and a horror,
A thing to be hissed at perpetually;
Everyone who passes by will be astounded
And shake his head [in scorn].
Ezekiel 6:14
And I will stretch out My hand against them and make the land a more desolate waste than the wilderness toward Diblah [the Moabite city], throughout all the places where they live; and they will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.”’”
Ezekiel 33:28
And I will make the land [of Israel] a desolation and a ruin, and her pride in her power will be brought to an end; and the mountains of Israel will be so deserted that no one will pass through.
Amos 9:8-9
“Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful [northern] kingdom [of Israel’s ten tribes]
And I shall destroy it from the face of the earth;
But I shall not totally destroy the house of Jacob [that is, the entire nation of Israel],”
Says the Lord.
Romans 9:27-29
And Isaiah calls out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, it is only the remnant [a small believing minority] that will be saved [from God’s judgment];
Romans 11:1-7
I say then, has God rejected and disowned His people? Certainly not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.