Jeremiah 4:27

27 This is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be ruined, but I will not destroy it completely.

Jeremiah 4:27 Meaning and Commentary

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 the Romans, in the times of Vespasian and Hadrian.

Jeremiah 4:27 In-Context

25 I looked, and all the people were gone. All the birds of the sky had flown away.

26 I looked, and the fertile fields had become a wilderness. The towns lay in ruins, crushed by the LORD ’s fierce anger.

27 This is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be ruined, but I will not destroy it completely.

28 The earth will mourn and the heavens will be draped in black because of my decree against my people. I have made up my mind and will not change it.”

29 At the noise of charioteers and archers, the people flee in terror. They hide in the bushes and run for the mountains. All the towns have been abandoned— not a person remains!