Jeremiah 4:27

For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
said	אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
land	הָאָ֑רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
desolate	שְׁמָמָ֥ה she.ma.Mah	H8077	devastation · noun, common feminine singular absolute
make	אֶעֱשֶֽׂה 'e.'e.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
end	וְכָלָ֖ה ve.kha.Lah	H3617	a completion · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

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.
Jeremiah 46:28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven t…
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 will I not make…
Leviticus 26:44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utter…
Ezekiel 11:13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, a…
Romans 9:27-29 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
Romans 11:1-7 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 4:19–end

The prophet is here in an agony, and cries out like one upon the rack of pain with some acute distemper, or as a woman in travail. The expressions are very pathetic and moving, enough to melt a heart of stone into compassion: My bowels! my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; and yet well, and in health himself, and nothing ails him. Note, A good man, in such a bad world as this is, cannot but be a man of sorrows. My heart makes a noise in me, through the tumult of my spirits, and I cannot hold my peace. Note, The grievance and the grief sometimes may be such that the most prudent patient man cannot forbear complaining. Now, what is the matter? What is it that puts the good man into such ag…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 4:27

full end--utter destruction: I will leave some hope of restoration (Jer 5:10, Jer 5:18; Jer 30:11; Jer 46:28; compare Lev 26:44).

John Gill on Jeremiah 4:27

For thus hath the Lord said,.... What follows is an explanation and confirmation of the above vision the prophet had: the whole land shall be desolate; as he had seen; it should not be manured, ploughed, and sown, or bring forth fruit; and should be without inhabitants, at least have very few: yet I will not make a full end; there should be some inhabitants, who, with those that should hereafter return from captivity, would repeople it, rebuild the temple, and restore it to its pristine form and order, both as to things natural, civil, and ecclesiastical; but though a full end of them, as a church and people, was not to be made now by the Chaldeans, yet it would be; as it has been done by…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 4:27

Jeremiah 4:27 27. For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. 27. Quia sic dicit Jehova, Desolata erit (vasta, perdita erit) tota terra; et finem (vel, consumptionem) non faciam (atque tunc copula resolvetur in adversativam, non tamen consumptionem faciam.) The Prophet briefly explains here what he understood by the four things which he had seen and of which he had spoken. He then declares, as it were in the person of God, that there would be a dreadful desolation throughout Judea; Wasted, he says, shall be the whole land, or, in the whole land there shall be desolation. Some explain what afterwards follows, as though he mitigated the sev…

The Church Fathers

(Vers. 27, 28.) For thus says the Lord: The whole earth shall be desolate, but I will not make a complete end. The earth shall mourn and the heavens above shall be sorrowful, because I have spoken ((or thought)). I have planned and will not regret it; I have not turned away from it. The earth is deserted due to the mixture of God's anger and mercy, but there will not be a complete destruction so that those who understand His mercy may exist. The heavens above will also appear sad, and the earth itself will mourn, because the judgment of the Lord has reached its end and He does not regret what He has planned and spoken. But the repentance of God is said to occur when the aforementioned sentence is removed, and the raging wrath does not reach its end. He threatened through Jonah, and the impending sword of tears and sighs was overcome by a multitude (John 3).
— Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah

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Dictionary and topics

Fast — The sole fast required by the law of Moses was that of the great Day of Atonement (q.v.), Lev. 23:26-32. It is called “the fast” (Acts 27:9). The only other mention of a periodical fast in the Old…
Condescension Of God · Expostulates with backsliding Israel — Expostulates with backsliding Israel
Judgments · Are frequently tempered with mercy — Are frequently tempered with mercy

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).

Jeremiah 4:27

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 4:19–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 4:27

John Gill on Jeremiah 4:27

John Calvin on Jeremiah 4:27

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 4:27

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 4:19–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 4:27

John Gill on Jeremiah 4:27

John Calvin on Jeremiah 4:27

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 4:27-29

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 4:23-26

Rashi on Jeremiah 4:27