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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.

Abrupt apostrophe to the Babylonians, to take Jerusalem, but not to destroy the nation utterly (remark, Jeremiah 4:27, "Make not a full end."

Battlements - [ nªTiyshowteyhaa (H5189)], rather, tendrils (Maurer): the state being compared to a vine (Jeremiah 12:10, "Many pastors (the Babylonian invading princes) have destroyed my vineyard"), the stem of which was to be spared, while the tendrils (the chief men) were to be removed.

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See also Jeremiah 5:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 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 נטישות _netishoth,_ _bra...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HER WALLS - It is Possible that not the city walls, but those of a vineyard are meant. Judaea is God’s vineyard Isaiah 5:1, and God permits the enemy to enter the vineyard to destroy her. BATTLEMENTS...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The apostate conditions of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 5:1) _ 2. The impending judgment (Jeremiah 5:10) 3. Sowing and reaping (Jeremiah 5:19) 4. The horrible thing ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE COMING OF THE FOE. Let the enemy, therefore, destroy the vineyard of Judah, for of its owner Judah has said, He does nothing, rejecting His warnings by (true) prophets. The word they have rejected...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NOT. FULL END. Compare Jeremiah 5:18, and Jeremiah 4:27....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    See summary at beginning of section....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Judah is likened to a vineyard. So in Jeremiah 12:10; Isaiah 5:1 ff. _her walls_ This sense for the MT. as here vocalised is very questionable. It is best, changing one vowel, to take the meaning to b...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    GO YE UP, &C.— See Jeremiah 5:17 and the note on Jeremiah 5:27 of the preceding chapter. Instead of _take away her battlements,_ &c. Houbigant reads, _Leave her foundations, for they are the Lord's._...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. _Treacherous unbelief_ (Jeremiah 5:10-18) TRANSLATION (10) Go up against her rows and destroy, but do not make a full end; Remove her shoots for they do not belong to the LORD. (11) For the house...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    5:10 end; (f-13) Or 'a consumption;' ch. 4.27. battlements, (g-17) Some, referring it to a vine, read 'tendrils' or 'shoots.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-9. The universal corruption of the city prevents forgiveness....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Jerusalem is likened to a walled־in vineyard, and the Chaldean host is bidden to batter and trample it. Yet the overthrow shall not be complete, for Israel is, after all, a chosen nation. BATTLEMENTS]...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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 palm...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עֲל֤וּ בְ שָׁרֹותֶ֨יהָ֙ וְ שַׁחֵ֔תוּ וְ כָלָ֖

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Having thus declared that judgment was determined on, the prophet now carefully declared the reason for it. This was, first, the utter corruption of conduct. Among the people not a man was to lie foun...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (h) Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: (i) take away her battlements; for they [are] not the LORD'S. (h) He commands the Babylonians and enemies to destroy them. (i) Read...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Destroy, at the first taking of the city, ver. 18., and chap. iv. 27. --- Branches. Children of Jechonias, (chap. xxii. 30.) and the people. (Calmet) --- Hebrew, "her battlements," (Haydock) Chaldean...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Mark Reader, I pray you, in those days as now, how the Lord mingles compassion with punishment. Destroy, saith the Lord: but make not a full end. There is a blessing in it. Isaiah 65:8. Oh! how sweet...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Here God by the mouth of his Prophet addresses the enemies of his people, whom he had appointed to be the ministers of his vengeance: and this was usual with the prophets, when they sought more effect...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4, 5, AND 6. Chapter 4 resumes the subject of Chapter s 2, 3, and, applying it at that time to the people, tells them that, if they return, it must be unto th...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    GO YE UP UPON HER WALLS, AND DESTROY,.... These are the words of the prophet, or of the Lord by the prophet, to the Chaldeans, ordering them to ascend the walls of Jerusalem, and break them down, as t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 10. _Get ye up upon her battlements, and destroy._] _Ascendite et exscind...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Go ye up upon her walls_, &c. Ye Babylonians, go, execute my vengeance on them; _and destroy_ I commission you not only to take the city, but to make havoc of its inhabitants. _But make not a full en...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    FAITHLESSNESS AND TREACHERY...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    GO YE UP UPON HER WALLS; ye Babylonians, go now execute my vengeance on them. I give them into your hands; behold, I give you a commission. AND DESTROY; I permit and order you not only to take the cit...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 5:10 up H5927 (H8798) walls H8284 destroy H7843 (H8761) make H6213 (H8799) end H3617 away...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YHWH PRESENTS THE REASONS WHY THE INVASION IS NECESSARY (JEREMIAH 5:1). Invasion is seen as necessary because there are no righteous people in Jerusalem, and they are full of adultery (both spiritual...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YHWH CALLS ON HIS CHAMPION, WHOSE GREAT MIGHT HE MAKES CLEAR, IN ORDER THAT HIS FORCES MIGHT DENUDE JUDAH BECAUSE OF THEIR TREACHERY TOWARDS HIM (JEREMIAH 5:10). The instrument of YHWH's judgment is c...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah 5:10. _Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for the are not the LORD'S. For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very tre...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jeremiah's second message, continued. God's charges against them and the judgments threatened. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Sinners have reason to expect punishment on account of...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 5:2. _Though they say the Lord liveth, surely they swear falsely._ These words being in every one's mouth, are but words, not sentiments. If men knew the grandeur of God, and studied his perf...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Ye — Ye Babylonians, go execute my vengeance on them. Battlements — Lay her and all her fortifications level with the ground. For — I disown them....

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