Jeremiah 5:10
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Go you up on her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD's.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Go you up on her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD's.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her branches; for they are not Jehovah's.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Go up against her vines and make waste; let the destruction be complete: take away her branches, for they are not the Lord's.
Webster's Revision
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.
World English Bible
"Go up on her walls, and destroy; but don't make a full end. Take away her branches; for they are not Yahweh's.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her branches: for they are not the LORD'S.
Clarke's Jeremiah 5:10 Bible Commentary
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, 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."
Barnes's Jeremiah 5:10 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 5:1-7, and God permits the enemy to enter the vineyard to destroy her.
Battlements - tendrils. The tendrils and branches of Judah's vine are given up to ruin, but not the stock. See Isaiah 6:13 note.
Wesley's Jeremiah 5:10 Bible Commentary
5:10 Ye - Ye Babylonians, go execute my vengeance on them.Battlements - Lay her and all her fortifications level with the ground.For - I disown them.
