Jeremiah 5:10

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Summary

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.

Ye up

But make

They are not

Jeremiah 7:4

Psalm 78:61

Hosea 1:9

Bible References

Ye up

They will say, 'Prepare to do battle against it! Come on! Let's attack it at noon!' But later they will say, 'Oh, oh! Too bad! The day is almost over and the shadows of evening are getting long.

So I, the Lord, affirm that I will send for all the peoples of the north and my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and all the nations that surround it. I will utterly destroy this land, its inhabitants, and all the nations that surround it and make them everlasting ruins. I will make them objects of horror and hissing scorn.

The Babylonians burned down the royal palace, the temple of the Lord, and the people's homes, and they tore down the wall of Jerusalem.

"Babylon, you are my war club, my weapon for battle. I used you to smash nations. I used you to destroy kingdoms.

The Lord sent against him Babylonian, Syrian, Moabite, and Ammonite raiding bands; he sent them to destroy Judah, as he had warned he would do through his servants the prophets.

He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered their young men in their temple. He did not spare young men or women, or even the old and aging. God handed everyone over to him.

Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, is as good as dead, a cudgel with which I angrily punish.

This is a message about Babylon that God revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz:

While I listened, he said to the others, "Go through the city after him and strike people down; do no let your eye pity nor spare anyone!

"Or suppose I were to bring a sword against that land and say, 'Let a sword pass through the land,' and I were to kill both people and animals.

The king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death and set their city on fire.

But make

Yet even then I will not completely destroy you," says the Lord.

All this will happen because the Lord said, "The whole land will be desolate; however, I will not completely destroy it.

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."

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."

But I will let a small number of them survive the sword, famine, and pestilence, so that they can confess all their abominable practices to the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am the Lord."

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.

They are not

Stop putting your confidence in the false belief that says, "We are safe! The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here!"

He allowed the symbol of his strong presence to be captured; he gave the symbol of his splendor into the hand of the enemy.

Then the Lord said: "Name him 'Not My People' (Lo-Ammi), because you are not my people and I am not your God."