Jeremiah 6:8

New Life Version

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."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Be warned, Jerusalem,or I will turn away from you;I will make you a desolation,a land without inhabitants.

Hebrew Names Version
Be instructed, Yerushalayim, lest my soul be alienated from you; lest I make you a desolation, a land not inhabited.

King James Version
Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.

English Standard Version
Be warned, O Jerusalem, lest I turn from you in disgust, lest I make you a desolation, an uninhabited land."

New American Standard Bible
"Be warned, Jerusalem, Or I shall be alienated from you, And make you a desolation, An uninhabited land."

New Century Version
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."

Amplified Bible
"Be wise and be warned, O Jerusalem, Or I will be alienated from you, And make you a desolation, An uninhabited land."

World English Bible
Be instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from you; lest I make you a desolation, a land not inhabited.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Be thou instructed, O Ierusalem, lest my soule depart from thee, lest I make thee desolate as a land, that none inhabiteth.

Legacy Standard Bible
Heed discipline, O Jerusalem,Lest My soul become disgusted at you,Lest I make you a desolation,A land not inhabited."

Berean Standard Bible
Be warned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitants."

Contemporary English Version
Listen to me, you people of Jerusalem and Judah. I will abandon you, and your land will become an empty desert.

Complete Jewish Bible
Accept correction, Yerushalayim, or I will be estranged from you and turn you into a desolate waste, a land without inhabitants."

Darby Translation
Be thou instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

Easy-to-Read Version
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."

George Lamsa Translation
Be chastised, O Jerusalem, lest my soul abhor you; lest I make you desolate like an uninhabited land.

Good News Translation
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."

Lexham English Bible
Be warned, O Jerusalem, lest I turn away from you in disgust, lest I make you a desolation, a land that is not inhabited."

Literal Translation
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 .

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
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.

American Standard Version
Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

Bible in Basic English
Undergo teaching, O Jerusalem, or my soul will be turned away from you, and I will make you a waste, an unpeopled land.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Be thou corrected, O Jerusalem, lest My soul be alienated from thee, lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.

King James Version (1611)
Be thou instructed, O Ierusalem, lest my soule depart from thee: lest I make thee desolate, a lande not inhabited.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
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.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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.

English Revised Version
Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Jerusalem, be thou tauyt, lest perauenture my soule go awei fro thee; lest perauenture Y sette thee forsakun, a loond vnhabitable.

Update Bible Version
Be instructed, O Jerusalem, or else my soul will be alienated from you; and I will make you a desolation, a land not inhabited.

Webster's Bible Translation
Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.

New English Translation
So take warning, Jerusalem, or I will abandon you in disgust and make you desolate, a place where no one can live."

New King James Version
Be instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul depart from you; Lest I make you desolate, A land not inhabited."

New Living Translation
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."

New Revised Standard
Take warning, O Jerusalem, or I shall turn from you in disgust, and make you a desolation, an uninhabited land.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Receive thou correction O Jerusalem, Lest my soul be torn from thee, - Lest I make thee A desolation, A land not habitable.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee, lest I make thee desolate, a land uninhabited.

Revised Standard Version
Be warned, O Jerusalem, lest I be alienated from you; lest I make you a desolation, an uninhabited land."

Young's Literal Translation
Be instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Be warned, O Jerusalem, Or I shall be alienated from you, And make you a desolation, A land not inhabited."

Contextual Overview

¹ "Run away to be safe, O sons of Benjamin! Run from Jerusalem! Blow the horn in Tekoa, and light a fire in Beth-haccerem. For a sinful power is coming down from the north, that will destroy much. ² I will cut off the beautiful and fine ones, the people of Zion. ³ Shepherds and their flocks will come to her. They will set up their tents around her and feed their flocks there, each in his place. ⁴ Make war against her. Rise up, let us go and fight her at noon. It is bad for us, for the day is passing! The shadows of the evening are longer! ⁵ Rise up, let us go and fight in the night and destroy her strong houses!" ⁶ For the Lord of All says, "Cut down her trees, and build a battle-wall against Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished. There is nothing but a sinful power that makes hard times for others within her. ⁷ As a well keeps its water good for drinking, so Jerusalem keeps going on in her sin. The sounds of those who fight and those who destroy are heard in her. Sickness and sorrow are always before Me. ⁸ 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."

Bible Verse Review
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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

Genesis 6:12
God looked at the earth and saw how sinful it was. For all who lived on the earth had become sinful in their ways.

Genesis 6:17
See, I will bring a flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh under heaven that has the breath of life. Everything on earth will be destroyed.

Genesis 19:19
See, your servant has found favor in your eyes. You have shown me great kindness in what you have done for me by saving my life. But I cannot run to the mountains. For I will run into danger and die.

Psalms 84:11
For the Lord God is a sun and a safe-covering. The Lord gives favor and honor. He holds back nothing good from those who walk in the way that is right.

Psalms 145:20
The Lord takes care of all who love Him. But He will destroy all the sinful.

Proverbs 3:4
So you will find favor and good understanding in the eyes of God and man.

Proverbs 8:35
For he who finds me finds life, and gets favor from the Lord.

Proverbs 12:2
A good man will get favor from the Lord, but He will punish a man who makes sinful plans.

Jeremiah 31:2
The Lord says, "The people who were not killed by the sword found loving-favor in the desert, when Israel looked for rest."

Luke 1:30
The angel said to her, "Mary, do not be afraid. You have found favor with God.

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.