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Jeremiah 23:20

The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has fully carried out his intended purposes. In days to come you people will come to understand this clearly.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Anger;   Thompson Chain Reference - Leaders;   Ministers;   Religious;   The Topic Concordance - Anger;   Last Days;   Prophecy and Prophets;   Sending and Those Sent;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Faithfulness of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - False Prophet;   Last Day(s), Latter Days, Last Times;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Lamentations, Book of;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Fire;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Micaiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord’s anger will not turn awayuntil he has completely fulfilled the purposes of his heart.In time to come you will understand it clearly.
Hebrew Names Version
The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he has executed, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand it perfectly.
King James Version
The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
English Standard Version
The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has executed and accomplished the intents of his heart. In the latter days you will understand it clearly.
New American Standard Bible
"The anger of the LORD will not turn back Until He has performed and carried out the purposes of His heart; In the last days you will clearly understand it.
New Century Version
The Lord 's anger will not stop until he finishes what he plans to do. When that day is over, you will understand this clearly.
Amplified Bible
"The anger of the LORD will not turn back Until He has set in motion and accomplished the thoughts and intentions of His heart; In the last days you will clearly understand it.
World English Bible
The anger of Yahweh shall not return, until he has executed, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand it perfectly.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The anger of the Lorde shall not returne vntill he haue executed, and till he haue perfourmed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter dayes ye shall vnderstande it plainely.
Legacy Standard Bible
The anger of Yahweh will not turn backUntil He has done and established the purposes of His heart;In the last days you will clearly understand it.
Berean Standard Bible
The anger of the LORD will not diminish until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand it clearly.
Contemporary English Version
I won't calm down, until I have finished what I have decided to do. Someday you will understand exactly what I mean.
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai 's anger will not abate till he fully accomplishes the purpose in his heart. In the acharit-hayamim, you will understand everything.
Darby Translation
The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and until he have performed the purposes of his heart: at the end of the days ye shall understand it clearly.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord 's anger will not stop until he finishes what he plans to do. When that day is over, you will understand this clearly.
George Lamsa Translation
The wrathful indignation of the LORD shall not turn back until he has executed his devices, and till he has performed the thoughts of his mind; in the latter days you shall discern it perfectly.
Good News Translation
and it will not end until he has done everything he intends to do. In days to come his people will understand this clearly."
Lexham English Bible
The anger of Yahweh will not turn back until his doing and until his keeping the plans of his mind. In latter days you will look closely at it with understanding.
Literal Translation
The anger of Jehovah shall not turn back until He has executed, and until He has set up the purposes of His heart. In latter days you shall understand it perfectly.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the wrath of the LORDE shal not turne agayne, vntill he perfourme, and fulfull the thoughte of his herte. And in the latter dayes ye shall knowe his meanynge.
American Standard Version
The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it perfectly.
Bible in Basic English
The wrath of the Lord will not be turned back till he has done, till he has put into effect, the purposes of his heart: in days to come you will have full knowledge of this.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The anger of the LORD shall not return, until He have executed, and till He have performed the purposes of His heart; in the end of days ye shall consider it perfectly.
King James Version (1611)
The anger of the Lord shall not returne, vntill hee haue executed, and til he haue performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter dayes ye shall consider it perfectly.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the wrath of the Lorde shall not turne agayne, vntill he perfourme and fulfill the thought of his heart: and in the latter dayes ye shall knowe his meaning.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord’s wrath shall return no more, until he have accomplished it, and until he have established it, according to the purpose of his heart: at the end of the days they shall understand it.
English Revised Version
The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it perfectly.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The strong veniaunce of the Lord schal not turne ayen, til that he do, and til that he fille the thouyt of his herte. In the laste daies ye schulen vndurstonde the councel of hym.
Update Bible Version
The anger of Yahweh shall not return, until he has executed, and until he has performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand it perfectly.
Webster's Bible Translation
The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he shall have executed, and till he shall have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
New King James Version
The anger of the LORD will not turn back Until He has executed and performed the thoughts of His heart. In the latter days you will understand it perfectly.
New Living Translation
The anger of the Lord will not diminish until it has finished all he has planned. In the days to come you will understand all this very clearly.
New Life Bible
The anger of the Lord will not turn back until He has done all that He has planned in His heart. In the last days you will understand.
New Revised Standard
The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has executed and accomplished the intents of his mind. In the latter days you will understand it clearly.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The anger of Yahweh, wilt not return, Until he hath executed nor Until he hath established The purposes of his heart, - In the afterpart of the days, shall ye understand it perfectly.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The wrath of the Lord shall not return till he execute it, and till he accomplish the thought of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand his counsel.
Revised Standard Version
The anger of the LORD will not turn back until he has executed and accomplished the intents of his mind. In the latter days you will understand it clearly.
Young's Literal Translation
The anger of Jehovah doth not turn back Till His doing, and till His establishing, The thoughts of His heart, In the latter end of the days ye attend to it With understanding.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The anger of the LORD will not turn back Until He has performed and carried out the purposes of His heart; In the last days you will clearly understand it.

Contextual Overview

9 Here is what the Lord says concerning the false prophets: My heart and my mind are deeply disturbed. I tremble all over. I am like a drunk person, like a person who has had too much wine, because of the way the Lord and his holy word are being mistreated. 10 For the land is full of people unfaithful to him. They live wicked lives and they misuse their power. So the land is dried up because it is under his curse. The pastures in the wilderness are withered. 11 Moreover, the Lord says, "Both the prophets and priests are godless. I have even found them doing evil in my temple! 12 So the paths they follow will be dark and slippery. They will stumble and fall headlong. For I will bring disaster on them. A day of reckoning is coming for them." The Lord affirms it! 13 The Lord says, "I saw the prophets of Samaria doing something that was disgusting. They prophesied in the name of the god Baal and led my people Israel astray. 14 But I see the prophets of Jerusalem doing something just as shocking. They are unfaithful to me and continually prophesy lies. So they give encouragement to people who are doing evil, with the result that they do not stop their evildoing. I consider all of them as bad as the people of Sodom, and the citizens of Jerusalem as bad as the people of Gomorrah. 15 So then I, the Lord who rules over all, have something to say concerning the prophets of Jerusalem: ‘I will make these prophets eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment. For the prophets of Jerusalem are the reason that ungodliness has spread throughout the land.'" 16 The Lord who rules over all says to the people of Jerusalem: "Do not listen to what those prophets are saying to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They are reporting visions of their own imaginations, not something the Lord has given them to say. 17 They continually say to those who reject what the Lord has said, ‘Things will go well for you!' They say to all those who follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts, ‘Nothing bad will happen to you!' 18 Yet which of them has ever stood in the Lord 's inner circle so they could see and hear what he has to say? Which of them have ever paid attention or listened to what he has said?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

until: Jeremiah 30:24, Isaiah 14:24, Zechariah 1:6, Zechariah 8:14, Zechariah 8:15

in the: Genesis 49:1, Deuteronomy 31:29, Deuteronomy 31:30, 1 Kings 8:47, Proverbs 5:11-14, Proverbs 21:30, Hosea 3:4, Hosea 3:5

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:30 - in the latter Psalms 92:5 - thoughts Ecclesiastes 7:14 - but Isaiah 2:2 - in the last Isaiah 30:8 - the time to come Jeremiah 10:18 - that Jeremiah 30:23 - the whirlwind Jeremiah 48:47 - in the latter Lamentations 4:11 - Lord Ezekiel 13:9 - and ye Ezekiel 21:5 - it shall Ezekiel 24:14 - the Lord Zephaniah 2:2 - before the fierce 1 Thessalonians 5:2 - know

Cross-References

Genesis 23:7
Abraham got up and bowed down to the local people, the sons of Heth.
Genesis 23:10
(Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth.) Ephron the Hethite replied to Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth—before all who entered the gate of his city—
Genesis 23:14
Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
Genesis 25:9
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar, the Hethite.
Genesis 50:5
‘My father made me swear an oath. He said, "I am about to die. Bury me in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan." Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.'"
Genesis 50:13
His sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, near Mamre. This is the field Abraham purchased as a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.
2 Samuel 24:24
But the king said to Araunah, "No, I insist on buying it from you! I will not offer to the Lord my God burnt sacrifices that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty pieces of silver.
2 Kings 21:18
Manasseh passed away and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzzah, and his son Amon replaced him as king.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The anger of the Lord shall not return,.... Having a commission from him, and being sent forth on an errand to do business for him, it shall not return to him, without having done it; as a servant sent by his master does not return till he has finished what he was sent about:

until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart; all his counsels, purposes, and designs, respecting those his anger kindled against, the false prophets and wicked Jews:

in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly; when too late to avert it by repentance and reformation when all this shall be fulfilled, and the seventy years captivity take place; or, "in the end of days" d; in the latter part off time, when the Jews shall be converted, and seek the Lord their God, Hosea 3:5; then "shall [they] understand it with an understanding" e, as it may be rendered; when they shall have the veil removed from them, and turn to the Lord; then they shall have a true and thorough understanding of these things; of the cause and reason of them; and of the mind of God in them, and the ends to be answered by them. Kimchi says this will be in the times of the Messiah.

d באחרית הימים "in extremo dierum", Cocceius; "in extremitate dierum", Calvin, Piscator, Schmidt. e תתבוגנו בה בינה "intelligetis hoc inteliigentia", Calvin, Gataker.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The latter days - The proper and final development of any event or series of events. Thus, the expression is used of the Christian dispensation as the full development of the Jewish Church. Here it means the destruction of Jerusalem, as the result of the sins of the Jews.

Consider - Rather, understand. When Jerusalem is destroyed, the exiles - taught by adversity - will understand that it was sin which brought ruin upon their country.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 23:20. In the latter days ye shall consider it — I give you warning: and this punishment which I now threaten shall surely take place; a short time will determine it; ye shall not escape.


 
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