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.
Ver. 11. For I am with thee.] To preserve thee, and to provide for thee; to support thee, and to supply thee.
Though I make a full end of all nations.] See Isaiah 27:7,8. See Trapp on " Isa 27:7 " See Trapp on " Isa 27:8 " Jeremiah 5:10; Jeremiah 5:18 .
But I will correct thee in measure.] Heb., According to judgment, not summo iure et rigida iustitia; not as I might, but in mercy and with moderation.
And will not leave thee altogether unpunished.] Heb., Et innocentando non innocentabo te; in very faithfulness I will afflict thee, that I may be true to thy soul, and not cruel to thy body. a
a Aliqui reddunt mundando non mundabo te, id est, non excoquam te exacte ad purum putum.