The Meaning of Jeremiah 4:27 Explained

Jeremiah 4:27

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

YLT: For thus said Jehovah: All the land is a desolation, but a completion I make not.

Darby: For thus saith Jehovah: The whole land shall be a desolation; but I will not make a full end.

ASV: For thus saith Jehovah, The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full end.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Jeremiah 4:27 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The Lord promised to destroy the whole land, but not completely. A remnant of His people would survive the disaster.

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 4

1  God calls Israel by his promise
3  He exhorts Judah to repentance by fearful judgments
19  A grievous lamentation for Judah

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 4:27 mean?

For thus says Yahweh desolate shall be all the land and yet a full end not I will make
כִּי־ כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה שְׁמָמָ֥ה תִהְיֶ֖ה כָּל־ הָאָ֑רֶץ וְכָלָ֖ה לֹ֥א אֶעֱשֶֽׂה

כֹה֙  thus 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֹּה  
Sense: thus, here, in this manner.
אָמַ֣ר  says 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
יְהוָ֔ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
שְׁמָמָ֥ה  desolate 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שְׁמָמָה 
Sense: devastation, waste, desolation.
תִהְיֶ֖ה  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
הָאָ֑רֶץ  the  land 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
וְכָלָ֖ה  and  yet  a  full  end 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: כָּלָה  
Sense: completion, termination, full end, complete destruction, consumption, annihilation.
אֶעֱשֶֽׂה  I  will  make 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.