Jeremiah 5 · Verse 10

Jeremiah 5:10

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.
Jeremiah 5:10, King James Version

Jeremiah 5:10 in other translations

BSBGo 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.
WEB“Go up on her walls, and destroy, but don’t make a full end. Take away her branches, for they are not the LORD’s.
ASVGo ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her branches; for they are not Jehovah’s.
YLTGo ye up on her walls, and destroy, And a completion make not, Turn aside her branches, for they are not Jehovah's,
DARBYGo up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end; take away her battlements, for they are not Jehovah's.
BBEGo up against her vines and make waste; let the destruction be complete: take away her branches, for they are not the Lord's.
WebsterGo ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S.

What does Jeremiah 5:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. Abrupt apostrophe to the Babylonians, to take Jerusalem, but not to destroy the nation utterly (see on Jr 4:27). battlements--rather, tendrils [Maurer]: the state being compared to a vine (Jr 12:10), the stem of which was to be spared, while the tendrils (the chief men) were to be removed.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Go ye up upon her walls - This is the permission and authority given to the Chaldeans to pillage Jerusalem. Take away her battlements - Some translate נטישות netishoth, branches; others, vines. Destroy the branches, cut down the stem; but do not damage the root. Leave so many of the people that the state may be regenerated. The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic, read, "Leave her foundations, for they are the Lord's;" and this agrees with "Destroy, but make not a full end."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 5:10-18
Multitudes are ruined by believing that God will not be so strict as his word says he will; by this artifice Satan undid mankind. Sinners are not willing to own any thing to be God's word, that tends to part them from, or to disquiet them in, their sins. Mocking and misusing the Lord's messengers, filled the measure of their iniquity. God can bring trouble upon us from places and causes very remote. He has mercy in store for his people, therefore will set bounds to this desolating judgment. Let us not overlook the "nevertheless," Jr 5:18. This is the Lord's covenant with Israel. He thereby proclaims his holiness, and his utter displeasure against sin while sparing the sinner, Ps. 89:30-35.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Jeremiah 5:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עֲל֤וּ'a.Lugo upH5927
בְשָׁרוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ve.sha.ro.Tei.haamong vine rows itsH8284
וְשַׁחֵ֔תוּve.sha.Che.tuand destroy [them]H7843
וְכָלָ֖הve.kha.Lahand complete destructionH3617
אַֽל\־'al-may notH408
תַּעֲשׂ֑וּta.'a.Suyou makeH6213
הָסִ֙ירוּ֙ha.Si.ruremoveH5493
נְטִ֣ישׁוֹתֶ֔יהָne.Ti.sho.Tei.havine tendrils itsH5189
כִּ֛יkiforH3588
ל֥וֹאLo'notH3808
לַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.weh[belong] to YahwehH3068
הֵֽמָּה\׃He.mahtheyH1992

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 5:10

  • Jeremiah 4:27

    For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.

  • Hosea 1:9

    Then said God, Call his name Lo–ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

  • Amos 9:8

    Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord.

  • Matthew 22:7

    But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

  • Psalms 78:61-62

    And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand. He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.

  • Ezekiel 12:16

    But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 9:5-7

    And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house. And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.

  • Isaiah 13:1-5

    The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. …

  • Jeremiah 30:11

    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.

  • 2 Kings 24:2-4

    And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldees, 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 the Lord, which he spake by his servants the prophets. Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon.

  • Jeremiah 5:18

    Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord, I will not make a full end with you.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ye up.
6:4-6; 25:9; 39:8; 51:20-23; 2Ki 24:2-4; 2Ch 36:17; Isa 10:5-7
Isa 13:1-5; Eze 9:5-7; 14:17; Mt 22:7
but make.
18; 4:27; 30:11; 46:28; Eze 12:16; Am 9:8
they are not.
7:4-12; Ps 78:61,62; Ho 1:9

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Context

  • Jeremiah 5:9

    Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

  • Jeremiah 5:10

    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.

  • Jeremiah 5:11

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

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Jeremiah 5:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Escalad sus muros, y destruid; mas no hagáis consumación: quitad las almenas de sus muros, porque no son de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Montez sur ses murailles, et détruisez! mais ne détruisez pas entièrement; ôtez ses créneaux, car ils ne sont pas à l’ Éternel;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ersteiget seine Mauern und zerstöret, doch richtet ihn nicht völlig zu Grunde; nehmet seine Ranken weg, denn nicht Jehovas sind sie.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ascendite muros ejus, et dissipate: consummationem autem nolite facere: auferte propagines ejus, quia non sunt Domini.