Lexicon :: Strong's H3617 - kālâ

“I will go down to see if what they have done justifies the cry that has come up to me. If not, I will find out.”

The LORD said[fn] to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here. When he lets you go,[fn] he will drive you out of here.

Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan to kill him, so he knew that his father was determined to kill David.

When Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD’s anger turned away from him, and he did not destroy him completely. Besides that, conditions were good in Judah.

However, in your abundant compassion,

you did not destroy them or abandon them,

for you are a gracious and compassionate God.

For throughout the land

the Lord GOD of Armies

is carrying out a destruction that was decreed.

So now, do not scoff,

or your shackles will become stronger.

Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Armies

a decree of destruction for the whole land.

For this is what the LORD says:

“The whole land will be a desolation,

but I will not finish it off.

Go up among her vineyard terraces and destroy them,

but do not finish them off.

Prune away her shoots,

for they do not belong to the LORD.

“But even in those days” ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​“I will not finish you off.

For I will be with you —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

to save you!

I will bring destruction on all the nations

where I have scattered you;

however, I will not bring destruction on you.

I will discipline you justly,

and I will by no means leave you unpunished.

And you, my servant Jacob, do not be afraid —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

for I will be with you.

I will bring destruction on all the nations

where I have banished you,

but I will not bring destruction on you.

I will discipline you with justice,

and I will by no means leave you unpunished.

Now while I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out loudly, “Oh, Lord GOD! You are bringing the remnant of Israel to an end! ”

“ ‘So this is what the Lord GOD says: I will release a whirlwind in my wrath. Torrential rain will come in my anger, and hailstones will fall in destructive fury.

“Yet I spared them from destruction and did not bring them to an end in the wilderness.

“He will make a firm covenant[fn]

with many for one week,

but in the middle of the week

he will put a stop to sacrifice and offering.

And the abomination of desolation

will be on a wing of the temple[fn][fn]

until the decreed destruction

is poured out on the desolator.”

But he will completely destroy Nineveh[fn]

with an overwhelming flood,

and he will chase his enemies into darkness.

Their silver and their gold

will be unable to rescue them

on the day of the LORD’s wrath.

The whole earth will be consumed

by the fire of his jealousy,

for he will make a complete,

yes, a horrifying end

of all the inhabitants of the earth.