Jeremiah 5:18

18 “Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not destroy you completely.

Jeremiah 5:18 in Other Translations

18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.

18 "But even in those days, declares the LORD, I will not make a full end of you.

18 “Yet even in those days I will not blot you out completely,” says the LORD .

18 "Even then, as bad as it will be" - God's Decree! - "it will not be the end of the world for you.

18 "But even in those days"-[this is] the Lord's declaration-"I will not finish you off.

Jeremiah 5:18 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 5:18

Nevertheless, in those days
When these things should be done by the king of Babylon and his army: saith the Lord, I will not make a full end with you:
this was to be done at another time, not now; (See Gill on Jeremiah 4:27), (See Gill on Jeremiah 5:10), though some think that this is a threatening of more and greater calamities; that this would not be all he would do to them; he had not yet done; he had other evils and calamities, to bring upon them, particularly a long captivity.

Jeremiah 5:18 In-Context

16 Their quivers are like an open grave; all of them are mighty warriors.

17 They will devour your harvests and food, devour your sons and daughters; they will devour your flocks and herds, devour your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.

18 “Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not destroy you completely.

19 And when the people ask, ‘Why has the LORD our God done all this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners in a land not your own.’

20 “Announce this to the descendants of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah:

Cross References

• 1. S Jeremiah 4:27