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For thus says Yahweh, The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full end.
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Judgment with a Promise
All commentators agree that this verse presents a crucial duality: God's judgment will be severe and widespread, yet it will not be total. While the land will face desolation, God explicitly promises to preserve a remnant. This demonstrates that even in His fiercest anger, God's mercy and covenant faithfulness endure.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Desolate - a waste.
One of the most striking points of prophecy is that however severe may be the judgment pronounced against Judah…
19th Century
Anglican
Yet will I not make a full end. —The thought is echoed from Amos 9:8; Isaiah 6:13; Isaiah 10:21, an…
Baptist
Now all this did happen. It all came to pass. Palestine, the glorious garden of God, was made as dreary as a wilderness. It is not much better now.…
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16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet briefly explains here what he understood by the four things he had seen and about which he had spoken. He then declares, as if in the p…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For thus has the Lord said: What follows is an explanation and confirmation of the above vision the prophet had: …
The prophet had no pleasure in delivering messages of wrath. He is shown in a vision the whole land in confusion.
Compared with what it was,…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet shows the effect of the destruction.
