18 Nevertheless, at those days, saith the Lord, I will not make a full end of [a]you.

19 And when (A)ye shall say, Wherefore doth the Lord our God do these things unto us? then shalt [b]thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:18 Here the Lord declareth his unspeakable favor toward his Church, as Jer. 4:27.
  2. Jeremiah 5:19 Meaning, the Prophet Jeremiah.

18 “Yet even in those days,” declares the Lord, “I will not destroy(A) you completely. 19 And when the people ask,(B) ‘Why has the Lord our God done all this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods(C) in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners(D) in a land not your own.’

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