Jeremiah 30:11 — meaning, Hebrew and Greek word study, commentary
Jeremiah 30:11
For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I will not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
end
כָלָ֜הkha.Lah
H3617
a completion · noun, common feminine singular absolute
nations
הַגּוֹיִ֣םha.go.Yim
H1471
a foreign nation · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
scattered
הֲפִצוֹתִ֣יךָha.fi.tzo.Ti.kha
H6327
to dash in pieces · verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
make
אֶעֱשֶׂ֣ה'e.'e.Seh
H6213
to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
end
כָלָ֔הkha.Lah
H3617
a completion · noun, common feminine singular absolute
correct
וְיִסַּרְתִּ֙יךָ֙ve.yi.sar.Ti.kha
H3256
to chastise · conjunction + verb, piel sequential perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
measure
לַמִּשְׁפָּ֔טla.mish.Pat
H4941
properly · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
altogether
וְנַקֵּ֖הve.na.Keh
H5352
to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, piel infinitive absolute
unpunished
אֲנַקֶּֽךָּ'a.na.Ke.ka
H5352
to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively) · verb, piel imperfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
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Cross-references
Jeremiah 1:19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
Jeremiah 10:24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Isaiah 8:10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
Jeremiah 1:8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 4:27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
Psalms 6:1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Jeremiah 5:10 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.
Jeremiah 5:18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 30:10-17
In these verses, as in those foregoing, the deplorable case of the Jews in captivity is set forth, but many precious promises are given them that in due time they should be relieved and a glorious salvation wrought for them.
I. God himself appeared against them: he scattered them (Jer 30:11); he did all these things unto them, Jer 30:15. All their calamities came from his hands; whoever were the instruments, he was the principal agent. And this made their case very sad that God, even their own God, spoke concerning them, to pull down and to destroy. Now, 1. This was intended by him as a fatherly chastisement, and no other (Jer 30:11): "I will correct thee in measure, or according to judgment…
though . . . full end of all nations . . . yet . . . not . . . of thee-- (Amo 9:8). The punishment of reprobates is final and fatal; that of God's people temporary and corrective. Babylon was utterly destroyed: Israel after chastisement was delivered.
in measure--literally, "with judgment," that is, moderation, not in the full rigor of justice (Jer 10:24; Jer 46:28; Psa 6:1; Isa 27:8).
not . . . altogether unpunished-- (Exo 34:7).
John Gill on Jeremiah 30:11
For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee,.... Not only from temporal enemies, but from spiritual ones, sin, Satan, and the world; and to save them with a spiritual and everlasting salvation, which the presence and power of God, through his rich grace, will bring all his people to:
though I will make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee; a full end has been made of the Assyrians, Chaldeans, and Egyptians; these people and their names are no more; and of Rome Pagan, which, upon the opening of the sixth seal, departed as a scroll that is rolled together; and so will all the antichristian states be made a full end of, when the v…
Although we say that trial is twofold, that is, in prosperity and in adversity, yet you must know that all people are tried in three different ways. Often they are tried for their probation, sometimes for their improvement, and in some cases because their sins deserve it. For their probation indeed! We read that the blessed Abraham and Job and many of the saints endured countless tribulations.… For improvement, because God chastens his righteous ones for some small and venial sins or to raise them to a higher state of purity, and he delivers them over to various trials that he may purge away all their unclean thoughts, and, to use the prophet's word, the "dross," which he sees to have collected in their secret parts. Thus may he transmit them like pure gold to the judgment to come, as he allows nothing to remain in them for the fire of judgment to discover when hereafter it searches them with penal torments according to this saying: "Many are the tribulations of the righteous." … To whom under the figure of Jerusalem the following words are spoken by Jeremiah, in the person of God: "I will make a full end of all the nations among whom I scattered you, but of you I will not make a full end. I will discipline you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished." … But as a punishment for sins, the blows of trial are inflicted, as where the Lord threatens that he will send plagues on the people of Israel: "I will send the teeth of beasts on them, with the fury of creatures that trail on the ground," and "In vain have I struck your children. They have not received correction." … We find, it is true, a fourth way also in which we know on the authority of Scripture that some sufferings are brought on us simply for the manifestation of the glory of God and his works, according to these words of the Gospel: "Neither did this man sin nor his parents, but that the works of God might be manifested in him," and again, "This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God that the Son of God may be glorified by it." … The perfect person will always remain steadfast in either kind of trial; now let us return to it once more.
The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).
Dictionary and topics
Measure — Several words are so rendered in the Authorized Version. (1.) Those which are indefinite. (a) Hok, Isa. 5:14, elsewhere “statute.” (b) Mad, Job 11:9; Jer. 13:25, elsewhere “garment.” (c) Middah, the…
Anger Of God, The · Tempered with mercy to saints — Tempered with mercy to saints
Judgments · Sent for correction — Sent for correction
Measures · Illustrative: (Correcting in measure,) of mitigated afflictions — Illustrative: (Correcting in measure,) of mitigated afflictions
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
on Jeremiah 30:11
Jeremiah 30:11
11. For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
11. Quoniam ego tecum, dicit Jehova, ad servandum to; nam faciam consumptionem in cunctis gentibus, ad quas dispergam to illuc; atqui tecum non faciam consumptionem, et castigabo to in judicio, et mundando non mundabo to (vel, purgando non purgabo to, vel, succidendo non succidam to: dicemus postea de verbo)
He repeats in other words what we have already stated, but for the purpose of giving fuller support to trembling and waverin…
The judgment on the nations for the deliverance of Israel. - Jer 30:4. "And these are the words which Jahveh spake concerning Israel and Judah: Jer 30:5. For thus saith Jahveh: We have heard a cry of terror, fear, and no peace. Jer 30:6. Ask now, and see whether a male bears a child? Why do I see every man with his hands on his loins like a woman in childbirth, and every face turned to paleness? Jer 30:7. Alas! for that day is great, with none like it, and it is a time of distress for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it. Jer 30:8. And it shall come to pass on that day, saith Jahveh of hosts, that I will break his yoke from upon thy neck, and I will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no m…
The Lord could make these promises because he was with his people and had the power to save them. He promised to destroy vicious nations and preserve his people. Still, the Lord would discipline his people if they sinned.
Rashi on Jeremiah 30:11
but I will chasten you in measure according to the law of the Torah.
and I will not completely destroy you an expression of a sweeping destruction.
