10Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S.
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For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.
And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand. …
And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-19)We may observe in these verses, as before, I. The sin of this people, upon which the commission signed against them is grounded. God disowns them and dooms them to destruction, Jer. 5:10. But is there not a cause ? Yes; for, 1. They have deserted the law of God (Jer. 5:11): The house of Israel and the house of Judah , though at variance with one another, yet both agreed to deal very treacherously…
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