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Jeremiah 6:8
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Be warned, Jerusalem,or I will turn away from you;I will make you a desolation,a land without inhabitants.
Be instructed, Yerushalayim, lest my soul be alienated from you; lest I make you a desolation, a land not inhabited.
Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
Be warned, O Jerusalem, lest I turn from you in disgust, lest I make you a desolation, an uninhabited land."
"Be warned, Jerusalem, Or I shall be alienated from you, And make you a desolation, An uninhabited land."
Listen to this warning, Jerusalem, or I will turn my back on you and make your land an empty desert where no one can live."
"Be wise and be warned, O Jerusalem, Or I will be alienated from you, And make you a desolation, An uninhabited land."
Be instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from you; lest I make you a desolation, a land not inhabited.
Be thou instructed, O Ierusalem, lest my soule depart from thee, lest I make thee desolate as a land, that none inhabiteth.
Heed discipline, O Jerusalem,Lest My soul become disgusted at you,Lest I make you a desolation,A land not inhabited."
Be warned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitants."
Listen to me, you people of Jerusalem and Judah. I will abandon you, and your land will become an empty desert.
Accept correction, Yerushalayim, or I will be estranged from you and turn you into a desolate waste, a land without inhabitants."
Be thou instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.
Listen to this warning, Jerusalem, or I will turn my back on you. I will make your land an empty desert. No one will be able to live there."
Be chastised, O Jerusalem, lest my soul abhor you; lest I make you desolate like an uninhabited land.
People of Jerusalem, let these troubles be a warning to you, or else I will abandon you; I will turn your city into a desert, a place where no one lives."
Be warned, O Jerusalem, lest I turn away from you in disgust, lest I make you a desolation, a land that is not inhabited."
O Jerusalem, take advice, that My soul not be alienated from you; that I not make you a ruin, a land with not one living in it .
Amede the (o Ierusalem) lest I with drawe my herte from the, and make the desolate: & thy londe also, yt no man dwel in it.
Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.
Be thou corrected, O Jerusalem, lest My soul be alienated from thee, lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
Be thou instructed, O Ierusalem, lest my soule depart from thee: lest I make thee desolate, a lande not inhabited.
Amende thee (O Hierusalem) lest I withdrawe my heart from thee, and make thee desolate, and thy lande also, that no man dwell in it.
Thou shalt be chastened, O Jerusalem, with pain and the scourge, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee a desert land, which shall not be inhabited.
Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.
Jerusalem, be thou tauyt, lest perauenture my soule go awei fro thee; lest perauenture Y sette thee forsakun, a loond vnhabitable.
Be instructed, O Jerusalem, or else my soul will be alienated from you; and I will make you a desolation, a land not inhabited.
Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
So take warning, Jerusalem, or I will abandon you in disgust and make you desolate, a place where no one can live."
Be instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul depart from you; Lest I make you desolate, A land not inhabited."
Listen to this warning, Jerusalem, or I will turn from you in disgust. Listen, or I will turn you into a heap of ruins, a land where no one lives."
Listen about the danger, O Jerusalem, or I will become a stranger to you. I will make you a waste, a land with no people."
Take warning, O Jerusalem, or I shall turn from you in disgust, and make you a desolation, an uninhabited land.
Receive thou correction O Jerusalem, Lest my soul be torn from thee, - Lest I make thee A desolation, A land not habitable.
Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee, lest I make thee desolate, a land uninhabited.
Be warned, O Jerusalem, lest I be alienated from you; lest I make you a desolation, an uninhabited land."
Be instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.
"Be warned, O Jerusalem, Or I shall be alienated from you, And make you a desolation, A land not inhabited."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Be thou: Jeremiah 4:14, Jeremiah 7:3-7, Jeremiah 17:23, Jeremiah 31:19, Jeremiah 32:33, Jeremiah 35:13-15, Deuteronomy 32:29, Psalms 2:10, Psalms 50:17, Psalms 94:12, Proverbs 4:13, Zephaniah 3:7
lest: Ezekiel 23:18, Hosea 9:12, Zechariah 11:8, Zechariah 11:9
depart: Heb. be loosed, or disjointed
lest I: Jeremiah 2:15, Jeremiah 7:20, Jeremiah 7:34, Jeremiah 9:11, Leviticus 26:34
Reciprocal: Joshua 7:12 - neither Isaiah 1:7 - country Jeremiah 7:28 - correction Jeremiah 12:11 - made it Lamentations 3:11 - he hath made Ezekiel 10:18 - the glory Zephaniah 1:2 - I will Matthew 21:17 - he left Matthew 23:37 - Jerusalem Matthew 24:1 - departed
Cross-References
And God, looking on the earth, saw that it was evil: for the way of all flesh had become evil on the earth.
For truly, I will send a great flow of waters over the earth, for the destruction from under the heaven of all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything on the earth will come to an end.
See now, your servant has had grace in your eyes and great is your mercy in keeping my life from destruction, but I am not able to get as far as the mountain before evil overtakes me and death;
The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.
The Lord will keep all his worshippers from danger; but he will send destruction on all sinners.
So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.
For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him.
A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.
The Lord has said, Grace came in the waste land to a people kept safe from the sword, even to Israel on the way to his resting-place.
And the angel said to her, Have no fear, Mary, for you have God's approval.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And be thou instructed, O Jerusalem,.... Or "corrected" s; receive discipline or instructions by chastisements and corrections, return by repentance, that the evils threatened may not come: this shows the affection of the Lord to his people, notwithstanding all their sins; that their amendment, and not their destruction, were pleasing to him; that it was with reluctance he was about to visit them in the manner threatened; and that even now it was not too late, provided they were instructed and reformed; but, if not, they must expect what follows:
lest my soul depart from thee; his Shechinah, or divine Presence, and all the tokens of his love, favour, and good will. The Targum interprets it of the Word of the Lord,
"lest my Word cast thee off;''
see Romans 11:1, or, "lest my soul pluck itself from thee"; or "be plucked" t, and separated from thee: the phrase denotes an utter separation, a forcible one, joined with the utmost abhorrence and detestation. In Ezekiel 23:18, it is rendered, "my mind was alienated"; it denotes disunion and disaffection.
Lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited; the Targum adds, by way of illustration,
"as the land of Sodom;''
so that not a man should dwell in it; see Jeremiah 4:25.
s הוסרי "cape disciplinam", Vatablus; "admitte disciplinam", Cocceius; "castigationem", Schmidt. t פן תקע נפשי ממך "ut non luxetur, [vel] avellatur anima mea a te", Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Schmidt.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Be thou instructed - Be thou chastised: learn the lesson which chastisement is intended to teach thee.
Lest my soul - Lest I Myself - not “depart from thee,” God does not willingly leave His people, but - “be torn from thee.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 6:8. Be thou instructed — Still there is respite: if they would even now return unto the Lord with all their heart, the advancing Chaldeans would be arrested on their march and turned back.
