Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

For thus says the Lord,
“The whole land shall be a desolation,
Yet I will not execute a complete destruction.

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:

The whole land will be a desolation,
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.

Amplified


Therefore says the Lord,
“The whole land shall be a desolation,
Yet I will not cause total destruction.

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The whole land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

שׁממה שׁממה 
Sh@mamah 
Usage: 57

yet will I not make

Usage: 0

Context Readings

An Invasion From The North

26 I looked, and behold, the fruitful land was a wilderness,
And all its cities were pulled down
Before the Lord, before His fierce anger.
27 For thus says the Lord,
“The whole land shall be a desolation,
Yet I will not execute a complete destruction.
28 “For this the earth shall mourn
And the heavens above be dark,
Because I have spoken, I have purposed,
And I will not change My mind, nor will I turn from it.”



Cross References

Jeremiah 5:10

“Go up through her vine rows and destroy,
But do not execute a complete destruction;
Strip away her branches,
For they are not the Lord’s.

Jeremiah 5:18

“Yet even in those days,” declares the Lord, “I will not make you a complete destruction.

Jeremiah 30:11

‘For I am with you,’ declares the Lord, ‘to save you;
For I will destroy completely all the nations where I have scattered you,
Only I will not destroy you completely.
But I will chasten you justly
And will by no means leave you unpunished.’

Jeremiah 46:28

“O Jacob My servant, do not fear,” declares the Lord,
“For I am with you.
For I will make a full end of all the nations
Where I have driven you,
Yet I will not make a full end of you;
But I will correct you properly
And by no means leave you unpunished.”

Ezekiel 11:13

Now it came about as I prophesied, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, “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 abhor 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 enjoyed its sabbaths. All the days of its desolation it kept sabbath until seventy years were complete.

Isaiah 6:11-12

Then I said, “Lord, how long?” And He answered,
“Until cities are devastated and without inhabitant,
Houses are without people
And the land is utterly desolate,

Isaiah 24:1

Behold, the Lord lays the earth waste, devastates it, distorts its surface and scatters its inhabitants.

Isaiah 24:3-13

The earth will be completely laid waste and completely despoiled, for the Lord has spoken this word.

Jeremiah 4:7

“A lion has gone up from his thicket,
And a destroyer of nations has set out;
He has gone out from his place
To make your land a waste.
Your cities will be ruins
Without inhabitant.

Jeremiah 7:34

Then I will make to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land will become a ruin.

Jeremiah 12:11-12

It has been made a desolation,
Desolate, it mourns before Me;
The whole land has been made desolate,
Because no man lays it to heart.

Jeremiah 18:16

To make their land a desolation,
An object of perpetual hissing;
Everyone who passes by it will be astonished
And shake his head.

Ezekiel 6:14

So throughout all their habitations I will stretch out My hand against them and make the land more desolate and waste than the wilderness toward Diblah; thus they will know that I am the Lord.”’”

Ezekiel 33:28

I will make the land a desolation and a waste, and the pride of her power will cease; and the mountains of Israel will be desolate so that no one will pass through.

Amos 9:8-9

“Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom,
And I will destroy it from the face of the earth;
Nevertheless, I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob,”
Declares the Lord.

Romans 9:27-29

Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that will be saved;

Romans 11:1-7

I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

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