Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Go through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not destroy them completely. Strip off her branches, for these people do not belong to the LORD. New Living Translation “Go down the rows of the vineyards and destroy the grapevines, leaving a scattered few alive. Strip the branches from the vines, for these people do not belong to the LORD. English Standard Version “Go up through her vine rows and destroy, but make not a full end; strip away her branches, for they are not the LORD’s. Berean Standard Bible Go 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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version “Go up on her walls and destroy, But do not make a complete end. Take away her branches, For they are not the LORD’s. New American Standard Bible “Go up through her vine rows and destroy, But do not execute a complete destruction; Strip away her branches, For they are not the LORD’S. NASB 1995 “Go up through her vine rows and destroy, But do not execute a complete destruction; Strip away her branches, For they are not the LORD’S. NASB 1977 “Go up through her vine rows and destroy, But do not execute a complete destruction; Strip away her branches, For they are not the LORD’S. Legacy Standard Bible “Go up through her vine rows and make them a ruin, But do not make a complete destruction; Remove her branches, For they are not Yahweh’s. Amplified Bible “Go up through the rows of Jerusalem’s vineyards and destroy [them], But do not completely destroy everything. Strip away her branches and the tendrils [of her vines], For they are not the LORD’S. Christian Standard Bible Go up among her vineyard terraces and destroy them, but do not finish them off. Prune away her shoots, for they do not belong to the LORD. Holman Christian Standard Bible Go up among her vineyard terraces and destroy them, but do not finish them off. Prune away her shoots, for they do not belong to the LORD. American Standard Version Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her branches; for they are not Jehovah's. Contemporary English Version I will tell their enemies, "Go through my vineyard. Don't destroy the vines, but cut off the branches, because they are the people who don't belong to me." English Revised Version Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her branches: for they are not the LORD'S. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Go among Jerusalem's rows of grapevines and destroy them, but don't destroy all of them. Cut off the branches because they don't belong to the LORD. Good News Translation I will send enemies to cut down my people's vineyards, but not to destroy them completely. I will tell them to strip away the branches, because those branches are not mine. International Standard Version "Go through her rows of vines and destroy them, but don't completely destroy them. Strip away her branches, because they aren't the LORD's. Majority Standard Bible Go 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. NET Bible The LORD commanded the enemy, "March through the vineyards of Israel and Judah and ruin them. But do not destroy them completely. Strip off their branches for these people do not belong to the LORD. New Heart English Bible "Go up on her walls, and destroy; but do not make a full end. Take away her branches; for they are not the LORD's. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible “Go up on her walls, and destroy, but don’t make a full end. Take away her branches, for they are not Yahweh’s. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionGo up on her walls, and destroy, "" And I do not make a completion, "" Turn her branches aside, "" For they [are] not YHWH’s, Young's Literal Translation Go ye up on her walls, and destroy, And a completion make not, Turn aside her branches, for they are not Jehovah's, Smith's Literal Translation Go ye up upon her walls and destroy; and ye shall not make a completion: remove her twigs, for they are not to Jehovah. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleScale down the walls thereof, and throw them down, but do not utterly destroy: take away the branches thereof, because they are not the Lord's. Catholic Public Domain Version Scale its walls and tear them down. But do not be willing to bring about its very end. Take away its plantings, for they are not the Lord’s. New American Bible Climb her terraces, and ravage them, destroy them completely. Tear away her tendrils, they do not belong to the LORD. New Revised Standard Version Go up through her vine-rows and destroy, but do not make a full end; strip away her branches, for they are not the LORD’s. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleGo up upon her walls and destroy; but make not a full end; spare her foundations, for they belong to the LORD. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Come up on her walls and pull them down, and you shall not make an end. Leave her foundations, because they are of LORD JEHOVAH OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Go ye up into her rows, and destroy, But make not a full end; Take away her shoots; For they are not the LORD'S. Brenton Septuagint Translation Go up upon her battlements, and break them down; but make not a full end: leave her buttresses: for they are the Lord's. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context No One is Just…9Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this? 10Go 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. 11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me,” declares the LORD.… Cross References Isaiah 5:5-6 Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled. / I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.” Ezekiel 13:14 I will tear down the wall you whitewashed and level it to the ground, so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am the LORD. Hosea 10:2 Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars. Matthew 21:41 “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.” Isaiah 6:11-12 Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged, / until the LORD has driven men far away and the land is utterly forsaken. Amos 9:9 “For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground. Luke 20:16 He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!” Isaiah 27:10 For the fortified city lies deserted—a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare. Micah 5:11-14 I will remove the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds. / I will cut the sorceries from your hand, and you will have no fortune-tellers. / I will also cut off the carved images and sacred pillars from among you, so that you will no longer bow down to the work of your own hands. ... Romans 11:17-21 Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root, / do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. / You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” ... Isaiah 10:5-6 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath. / I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets. John 15:2 He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. Isaiah 9:14-17 So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day. / The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies. / For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up. ... Mark 12:9 What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others. Isaiah 17:9 In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter desolation. Treasury of Scripture Go you up on her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD's. ye up. Jeremiah 6:4-6 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out… Jeremiah 25:9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. 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. but make. Jeremiah 5:18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you. Jeremiah 4:27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. 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. they are not. Jeremiah 7:4-12 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these… Psalm 78:61,62 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand… Hosea 1:9 Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God. Jump to Previous Battlements Branches Complete Completely Completion Destroy Destruction End Execute Full Jehovah's LORD's Ravage Rows Shoots Strip Turn Vine Vines Vineyards Walls WasteJump to Next Battlements Branches Complete Completely Completion Destroy Destruction End Execute Full Jehovah's LORD's Ravage Rows Shoots Strip Turn Vine Vines Vineyards Walls WasteJeremiah 5 1. The judgments of God upon the people, for their perverseness;7. for their adultery; 10. for their impiety; 15. for their worship of idols; 19. for their contempt of God; 25. and for their great corruption in the civil state; 30. and ecclesiastical. Go up through her vineyards and ravage them This phrase indicates a command for judgment against Judah, symbolized by the vineyards. Vineyards often represent Israel in the Bible, as seen in Isaiah 5:1-7, where Israel is depicted as a vineyard that failed to produce good fruit. The command to "go up" suggests an invasion or attack, likely by foreign nations as instruments of God's judgment. Historically, this aligns with the Babylonian invasions that led to the exile. The act of ravaging implies a thorough destruction, yet it is controlled and purposeful, reflecting God's sovereignty in judgment. but do not finish them off Strip off her branches for they do not belong to the LORD Persons / Places / Events 1. JeremiahA prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry spanned the reigns of several kings and was marked by themes of judgment and restoration. 2. Judah The southern kingdom of Israel, which had turned away from God, leading to warnings of impending judgment through prophets like Jeremiah. 3. Vineyards Symbolic of the nation of Israel, often used in the Bible to represent God's people and their spiritual state. Here, it signifies the areas of life and society that are to be examined and corrected. 4. Branches Represent the people or leaders of Judah who have strayed from God's ways. The command to strip them off indicates a need for purification and judgment. 5. The LORD The covenant God of Israel, who is both just and merciful. He calls for judgment but also leaves room for repentance and restoration. Teaching Points Judgment and MercyGod's judgment is never without purpose. While He allows for the stripping away of what is unfaithful, He does not completely destroy, leaving room for repentance and renewal. Spiritual Examination Just as the vineyards are examined, believers are called to examine their own lives. Are there areas that need pruning or correction to align with God's will? Belonging to the LORD The branches that do not belong to the LORD are removed. This calls for self-reflection on whether our lives truly reflect our identity as God's people. Hope in Restoration Even in judgment, there is hope. God's ultimate desire is for His people to return to Him and bear fruit that glorifies His name. Community Accountability The call to "go up through her vineyards" suggests a communal responsibility to address sin and encourage faithfulness within the body of believers.(10) Walls.--Better, her palm-trees. The Hebrew word is found in Ezekiel 27:25, though not in the English Version, in the sense of "mast," and here, apparently, means the tall, stately trunk of the palmtree. So, for "battlements" it is better to read branches (as in Isaiah 18:5), as carrying on the same imagery, and indicating the limits of the destruction, that is not to make a "full end." The rendering "walls," still adopted by some commentators, may refer to the "walls" of a vineyard, but the second word would in that case be the tendrils of the vine. Both the palm-tree and the vine appear on Maccabean coins as symbols of Judah, and the latter had been treated as such in Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalm 80:8-16.Verses 10-18. - Provoked by the open unbelief of the men of Judah, Jehovah repeats his warning of a sore judgment. Verse 10. - Her walls. There is a doubt about "walls," which should, as some think, rather be vine-rows (a change of points is involved; also of shin into sin - the slightest of all changes), or shoots, or branches (comparing the Syriac). The figure would thus gain somewhat in symmetry. However, all the ancient interpreters (whose authority, overrated by some, still counts for something) explain the word as in the Authorized Version, and, as Graf remarks, in order to destroy the vines, it' would be necessary to climb up upon the walls of the vineyard. (For the figure of the vine or the vineyard, scrap, on Jeremiah 2:21.) Take away... not the Lord's. The Septuagint and Peshito read differently, translating "leave her foundations, for they are the Lord's" (supposing the figure be taken from a building). As the text stands, it is better to change battlements into tendrils. Judah's degenerate members are to be removed, but the vine-stock, i.e., the behooving kernel of the nation, is to be left. It is the key-note of the "remnant" which Jeremiah again strikes (see Jeremiah 4:27). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Go upעֲל֤וּ (‘ă·lū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively through her vineyards בְשָׁרוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ (ḇə·šā·rō·w·ṯe·hā) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 8284: A fortification, wall and ravage them, וְשַׁחֵ֔תוּ (wə·ša·ḥê·ṯū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin but do not אַֽל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not finish them off. וְכָלָ֖ה (wə·ḵā·lāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 3617: Completion, complete destruction, consumption, annihilation Strip off הָסִ֙ירוּ֙ (hā·sî·rū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 5493: To turn aside her branches, נְטִ֣ישׁוֹתֶ֔יהָ (nə·ṭî·šō·w·ṯe·hā) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 5189: A twig, tendril for כִּ֛י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction they הֵֽמָּה׃ (hêm·māh) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They do not ל֥וֹא (lō·w) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no belong to the LORD. לַיהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Links Jeremiah 5:10 NIVJeremiah 5:10 NLT Jeremiah 5:10 ESV Jeremiah 5:10 NASB Jeremiah 5:10 KJV Jeremiah 5:10 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 5:10 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 5:10 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 5:10 French Bible Jeremiah 5:10 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 5:10 Go up on her walls and destroy (Jer.) |
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