Jeremiah 4:27
For thus said Jehovah: All the land is a desolation, but a completion I make not.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 26:31and I have made your cities a waste, and have made desolate your sanctuaries, and I smell not at your sweet fragrances;
2 Chronicles 36:21to fulfil the word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, till the land hath enjoyed its sabbaths; all the days of the desolation it kept sabbath — to the fulness of seventy years.
Isaiah 17:6And left in him have been gleanings, As the compassing of an olive, Two — three berries on the top of a branch, Four — five on the fruitful boughs, The affirmation of Jehovah, God of Israel!
Isaiah 24:3Utterly emptied is the land, and utterly spoiled, For Jehovah hath spoken this word:
Jeremiah 5:10Go ye up on her walls, and destroy, And a completion make not, Turn aside her branches, for they [are] not Jehovah's,
Jeremiah 7:34And I have caused to cease from cities of Judah, And from streets of Jerusalem, The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, Voice of bridegroom, and voice of bride, For the land doth become a desolation!
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 4:20-31
Punishment Predicted. ( b. c. 620.) 19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. 20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. 21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? 22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and… Read the whole commentary →