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Jeremiah 5:10

What does Jeremiah 5:10 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 5:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her branches; for they are not Jehovah’s.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord’s.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her branches; for they are not Jehovah’s.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Go up against her vines and make waste; let the destruction be complete: take away her branches, for they are not the Lord's.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Go ye up on her walls, and destroy, And a completion make not, Turn aside her branches, for they <FI>are<Fi> not Jehovah's,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Scale the walls thereof, and throw them down, but do not utterly destroy: take away the branches thereof, because they are not the Lord's.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Go up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end; take away her battlements, for they are not Jehovah's.

Context

v.9Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

v.10This passage

v.11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith Jehovah.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 46:28

    Fear not thou, O Jacob my servant, saith Jehovah; for I am with thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee; but I will not make a full end of thee, but I will correct thee in measure, and will in no wise leave thee unpunished.

  • Isaiah 13:1

    The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

  • 2 Kings 24:2

    And Jehovah sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by his servants the prophets.

  • Jeremiah 7:4

    Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, are these.

  • Jeremiah 5:18

    But even in those days, saith Jehovah, I will not make a full end with you.

  • Jeremiah 39:8

    And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.

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