King James Version
Jeremiah 5:18 in the King James Version says “Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.”
Jeremiah 5:18 · KJV
Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“Nevertheless in those days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
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