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For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
Jeremiah 30:11 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB For I am with you, says Yahweh, to save you; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.”
  • KJV 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.
  • NKJV For I am with you,’ says the Lord, ‘to save you; Though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you, Yet I will not make a complete end of you. But I will correct you in justice, And will not let you go altogether unpunished.’
  • NASB ‘For I am with you,’ declares the Lord, ‘to save you; For I will completely destroy all the nations where I have scattered you, Only I will not destroy you completely. But I will discipline you fairly And will by no means leave you unpunished.’
  • NLT For I am with you and will save you,” says the Lord. “I will completely destroy the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you, but with justice; I cannot let you go unpunished.”

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Quick answer

God promises to be with His people to save them, destroying the nations but preserving Israel, while correcting them justly in measure. His discipline is loving, not destroying.

Overview

God distinguishes between the full end of the nations and the measured correction of His own people. He will not leave sin unpunished, yet His chastening aims at restoration, not annihilation. This reveals the fatherly discipline of God (Hebrews 12:6), who corrects those He loves while remaining faithful to His covenant.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 22

  • Jer 1:19They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
  • Jer 10:24Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
  • Jer 4:27For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.
  • Jer 1:8Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
  • Isa 8:10Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
  • 2 Tim 4:17–18But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
  • Jer 5:18“Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.
  • Matt 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
  • Ezek 11:16–17Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.’
  • Jer 5:10Go 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.
  • Acts 18:10For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”
  • 2 Tim 4:22The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.
  • Jer 15:20Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.
  • Ps 6:1For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
  • Rom 11:5–7In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
  • Ezek 11:13Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”
  • Isa 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
  • Isa 27:7–8Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Was she killed like those who slayed her?
  • Jer 46:27–28But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
  • Matt 1:23“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
  • Rom 9:27–29Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
  • Amos 9:8–9Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.

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Christ at the center

Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.

How Jeremiah 30:11 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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