Jeremiah 5:10

8 ^aThey were like well-fed lusty stallions;
Every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.

9 Shall I not punish them for these things?” says the Lord.
“And shall I not ^aavenge Myself on such a nation as this?

10 “Go up on her walls and destroy,
But do not¹ make a ^acomplete end.
Take away her branches,
For they are not the Lord’s.

11 For ^athe house of Israel and the house of Judah
Have dealt very treacherously with Me,” says the Lord.

12 ^aThey have lied about the Lord,
And said, ^b“It is not He.
^cNeither will¹ evil come upon us,
Nor shall we see sword or famine.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Jeremiah 5:10

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 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."

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