Jer 46:28 | NET2full | STEP | I, the Lord , tell you not to be afraid , you descendants of Jacob , my servant , for I am with you. Though I completely destroy all the nations where I scatter you, I will not completely destroy you. I will indeed discipline you but only in due measure . I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished .”

‏ Jeremiah 46:28

28 I, the Lord, tell ^{▼▼tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.” Again the first person is adopted because the Lord is speaking, and the indirect quotation is used to avoid an embedded quotation with quotation marks on either side.} you not to be afraid,
you descendants of Jacob, my servant,
for I am with you.
Though I completely destroy all the nations where I scatter you,
I will not completely destroy you.
I will indeed discipline you but only in due measure.
I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished.” ^{▼▼tn The translation “entirely unpunished” is intended to reflect the emphatic construction of the infinitive absolute before the finite verb.}