Parallel Verses
NET Bible
All this will happen because the Lord said, "The whole land will be desolate; however, I will not completely destroy it.
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.
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.
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 saw that the fruitful land had become a desert and that all of the cities had been laid in ruins. The Lord had brought this all about because of his blazing anger. 27 All this will happen because the Lord said, "The whole land will be desolate; however, I will not completely destroy it. 28 Because of this the land will mourn and the sky above will grow black. For I have made my purpose known and I will not relent or turn back from carrying it out."
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Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 5:10
The Lord commanded the enemy, "March through the vineyards of Israel and Judah and ruin them. But do not destroy them completely. Strip off their branches for these people do not belong to the Lord.
Jeremiah 5:18
Yet even then I will not completely destroy you," says the Lord.
Jeremiah 30:11
For I, the Lord, affirm that I will be with you and will rescue you. I will completely destroy all the nations where I scattered you. But I will not completely destroy you. I will indeed discipline you, but only in due measure. I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished."
Jeremiah 46:28
I, the Lord, tell you not to be afraid, you descendants of Jacob, my servant, for I am with you. Though I completely destroy all the nations where I scatter you, I will not completely destroy you. I will indeed discipline you but only in due measure. I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished."
Ezekiel 11:13
Now, while I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I threw myself face down and cried out with a loud voice, "Alas, sovereign Lord! You are completely wiping out the remnant of Israel!"
Leviticus 26:44
In spite of this, however, when they are in the land of their enemies I will not reject them and abhor them to make a complete end of them, to break my covenant with them, for I am the Lord their God.
2 Chronicles 36:21
This took place to fulfill the Lord's message delivered through Jeremiah. The land experienced its sabbatical years; it remained desolate for seventy years, as prophesied.
Isaiah 6:11-12
I replied, "How long, sovereign master?" He said, "Until cities are in ruins and unpopulated, and houses are uninhabited, and the land is ruined and devastated,
Isaiah 24:1
Look, the Lord is ready to devastate the earth and leave it in ruins; he will mar its surface and scatter its inhabitants.
Isaiah 24:3-13
The earth will be completely devastated and thoroughly ransacked. For the Lord has decreed this judgment.
Jeremiah 4:7
Like a lion that has come up from its lair the one who destroys nations has set out from his home base. He is coming out to lay your land waste. Your cities will become ruins and lie uninhabited.
Jeremiah 7:34
I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, or the glad celebration of brides and grooms throughout the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. For the whole land will become a desolate wasteland."
Jeremiah 12:11-12
They will lay it waste. It will lie parched and empty before me. The whole land will be laid waste. But no one living in it will pay any heed.
Jeremiah 18:16
So their land will become an object of horror. People will forever hiss out their scorn over it. All who pass that way will be filled with horror and will shake their heads in derision.
Ezekiel 6:14
I will stretch out my hand against them and make the land a desolate waste from the wilderness to Riblah, in all the places where they live. Then they will know that I am the Lord!"
Ezekiel 33:28
I will turn the land into a desolate ruin; her confident pride will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will be so desolate no one will pass through them.
Amos 9:8-9
Look, the sovereign Lord is watching the sinful nation, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. But I will not completely destroy the family of Jacob," says the Lord.
Romans 9:27-29
And Isaiah cries out on behalf of Israel, "Though the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved,
Romans 11:1-7
So I ask, God has not rejected his people, has he? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.