Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
Parallel translations
- WEB “But even in those days,” says Yahweh, “I will not make a full end with you.
- BSB “Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.
- NKJV “Nevertheless in those days,” says the Lord, “I will not make a complete end of you.
- NASB “Yet even in those days,” declares the Lord, “I will not make a complete destruction of you.
- NLT “Yet even in those days I will not blot you out completely,” says the Lord.
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Quick answer
The Philistines deploy in the Valley of Rephaim near Jerusalem. The enemy presses close to David's new capital.
Overview
The Philistine army spreads out in the Valley of Rephaim, a strategic approach to Jerusalem. Their advance threatens the heart of David's kingdom just as it is being established. The looming danger occasions David's exemplary practice of seeking the Lord's guidance before acting.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Jer 5:10Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD’s.
- Rom 11:1–5I 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.
- Jer 4:27For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
- Ezek 9:8And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?
- Ezek 11:13And 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, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
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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.
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