Jeremiah 30:11

For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The LORD addresses Jacob and Israel, speaking to the scattered nation at the moment of promised restoration from captivity.

The words — אִתְּ/ךָ֥ ('i.te./Kha) translates literally as "with you," and אֲנִ֛י ('a.Ni) means "I," anchoring the declaration in personal divine presence.

The thread — The theme of God's protective presence to save runs in Jeremiah 1:19 and Isaiah 8:10, while the tension of just discipline echoes Jeremiah 10:24.

Why it lands — The text states that God will destroy the scattering nations but will not destroy Israel, promising just discipline without leaving them unpunished. It requires the reader to accept that divine preservation operates alongside measured correction rather than unqualified exemption from consequence.

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The Hebrew words

כִּֽי־ki-for אִתְּךָ֥'i.te./Kha[am] with/ you אֲנִ֛י'a.NiI נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance of יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahweh לְהֽוֹשִׁיעֶ֑ךָle./ho.shi.'E./khato/ save/ you כִּי֩kithat אֶעֱשֶׂ֨ה'e.'e.SehI will make כָלָ֜הkha.Lahcomplete destruction בְּכָֽל־be./kholon/ all הַגּוֹיִ֣ם׀ha./go.Yimthe/ nations אֲשֶׁ֧ר'a.Sherwhere הֲפִצוֹתִ֣יךָha.fi.tzo.Ti./khaI have scattered/ you שָּׁ֗םShamthere אַ֤ךְ'akhnevertheless אֹֽתְךָ֙'o.te./Kha<obj.>/ you לֹֽא־lo'-not אֶעֱשֶׂ֣ה'e.'e.SehI will make כָלָ֔הkha.Lahcomplete destruction וְיִסַּרְתִּ֙יךָ֙ve./yi.sar.Ti./khaand/ I will discipline/ you לַמִּשְׁפָּ֔טla./mish.Patto <the>/ justice וְנַקֵּ֖הve./na.Kehand/ certainly <to leave unpunished>לֹ֥אlo'not אֲנַקֶּֽךָּ׃ פ'a.na.Ke./kaI will leave unpunished/ you

King James Version

For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.

Cross-references

Jeremiah 1:19 They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 10:24 Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
Isaiah 8:10 Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
Jeremiah 1:8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 4:27 For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.
Psalms 6:1 For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
Jeremiah 5:10 Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
Jeremiah 5:18 “Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.
Jeremiah 15:20 Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.
Ezekiel 11:16 Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.’