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Jeremiah 5:10

8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.

9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

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.

11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.

12 They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
KJV
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.
WEB
“Go up on her walls, and destroy, but don’t make a full end. Take away her branches, for they are not the LORD’s.
ASV
Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her branches; for they are not Jehovah`s.
DARBY
Go up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end; take away her battlements, for they are not Jehovah's.
BLB
Go up among her vine-rows, and ravage them! You shall not make a full end. And take away her branches, for they [are] not of YHWH.
ÅB
Stig opp på dets murer og ødelegg, men gjør ikke helt ende på det! Ta bort dets kvister, de hører ikke Herren til!
OTB
“Gå gjennom hennes vingårder og ødelegg dem, men gjør ikke en fullstendig ødeleggelse; fjern hennes grener, for de tilhører ikke Herren.
B1930
Stig op på dets murer og ødelegg, men gjør ikke helt ende på det! Ta bort dets kvister, de hører ikke Herren til!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 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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  • Hosea 1:9

    Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

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  • Amos 9:8

    Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.

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  • Matthew 22:7

    But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

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  • Psalms 78:61–62

    And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand.

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  • Ezekiel 12:16

    But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 39:8

    And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.

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  • Ezekiel 9:5–7

    And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:

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