Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Take warning, Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you and make your land desolate so no one can live in it.” 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.” English Standard Version Be warned, O Jerusalem, lest I turn from you in disgust, lest I make you a desolation, an uninhabited land.” Berean Standard Bible Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.” King James Bible Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. New King James Version Be instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul depart from you; Lest I make you desolate, A land not inhabited.” New American Standard Bible “Be warned, Jerusalem, Or I shall be alienated from you, And make you a desolation, An uninhabited land.” NASB 1995 “Be warned, O Jerusalem, Or I shall be alienated from you, And make you a desolation, A land not inhabited.” NASB 1977 “Be warned, O Jerusalem, Lest I be alienated from you; Lest I make you a desolation, A land not inhabited.” Legacy Standard Bible Heed discipline, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul become disgusted at you, Lest I make you a desolation, A land not inhabited.” Amplified Bible “Be wise and be warned, O Jerusalem, Or I will be alienated from you, And make you a desolation, An uninhabited land.” Christian Standard Bible Be warned, Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitants. Holman Christian Standard Bible Be warned, Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitants. 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English In sorrows and with scourgings be instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul will turn from you, lest I shall make you a wilderness, as a land that is uninhabited’” Brenton Septuagint Translation 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. Contemporary English Version Listen to me, you people of Jerusalem and Judah. I will abandon you, and your land will become an empty desert. Douay-Rheims Bible Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee, lest I make thee desolate, a land uninhabited. 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation Pay attention to my warning, Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you. I will make your land desolate, a land where no one will live. 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." International Standard Version Be warned, Jerusalem, or I'll be alienated from you. I'll make you desolate, a land not inhabited." JPS Tanakh 1917 Be thou corrected, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee desolate, A land not inhabited. Literal Standard Version Be instructed, O Jerusalem, | Lest My soul be alienated from you, | Lest I make you a desolation, | A land [that is] not inhabited.” Majority Standard Bible Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.” New American Bible Be warned, Jerusalem, or I will be estranged from you, And I will turn you into a wilderness, a land where no one dwells. NET Bible So take warning, Jerusalem, or I will abandon you in disgust and make you desolate, a place where no one can live." New Revised Standard Version Take warning, O Jerusalem, or I shall turn from you in disgust, and make you a desolation, an uninhabited land. New Heart English Bible Be instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from you; lest I 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. World English Bible Be instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jerusalem's Final Warning…7As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me. 8Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.” 9This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Glean the remnant of Israel as thoroughly as a vine. Pass your hand once more like a grape gatherer over the branches.”… Cross References Jeremiah 7:28 Therefore you must say to them, 'This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips. Jeremiah 17:23 Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline. Jeremiah 35:13 "This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem: 'Will you not accept discipline and obey My words?' declares the LORD. Ezekiel 23:18 When Oholibah openly prostituted herself and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister. Hosea 9:12 Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them! Treasury of Scripture Be you instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from you; lest I make you desolate, a land not inhabited. Be thou. Jeremiah 4:14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? Jeremiah 7:3-7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place… Jeremiah 17:23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. lest. Ezekiel 23:18 So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister. Hosea 9:12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them! Zechariah 11:8,9 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me… depart. Jeremiah 2:15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. Jeremiah 7:20,34 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched… Jeremiah 9:11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. Jump to Previous Alienated Corrected Depart Desolate Desolation Inhabited Instructed Jerusalem Soul Teaching Turn Turned Undergo Uninhabited Unpeopled Warned Warning WasteJump to Next Alienated Corrected Depart Desolate Desolation Inhabited Instructed Jerusalem Soul Teaching Turn Turned Undergo Uninhabited Unpeopled Warned Warning WasteJeremiah 6 1. The enemies sent against Judah,4. encourage themselves. 6. God sets them on work because of their sins. 9. The prophet laments the judgments of God because of their sins. 18. He proclaims God's wrath. 26. He calls the people to mourn for the judgment on their sins. (8) Be thou instructed.--Better, Be thou corrected, or, chastened. Comp. Psalm 2:10; Leviticus 26:23 (where we have "reformed"); and Proverbs 29:19. Lest my soul.--As in Jeremiah 4:19, the Hebrew formula for emphasised personality. The word for "depart" may be better rendered tear itself away. Verse 8. - Be thou instructed; rather, Let thyself be corrected (Authorized Version misses the sense, a very important one, of the conjugation, which is Nifal tolerativum (comp. Psalm 2:10; Isaiah 53:12). The phrase equivalent to "receive correction" (Jeremiah 2:30; Jeremiah 5:3), and means to accept the warning conveyed in the Divine chastisement. Lest my soul, etc.; rather, lest my soul be rent from thee (Authorized Version renders the same verb in Ezekiel 23:17, "be alienated").Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Be warned,הִוָּסְרִי֙ (hiw·wā·sə·rî) Verb - Nifal - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's 3256: To discipline, chasten, admonish O Jerusalem, יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (yə·rū·šā·lim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel or פֶּן־ (pen-) Conjunction Strong's 6435: Removal, lest I נַפְשִׁ֖י (nap̄·šî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion will turn away תֵּקַ֥ע (tê·qa‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3363: To sever oneself, to be dislocated, to abandon, to impale from you; מִמֵּ֑ךְ (mim·mêḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of I will make אֲשִׂימֵ֣ךְ (’ă·śî·mêḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set you a desolation, שְׁמָמָ֔ה (šə·mā·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8077: Devastation, astonishment a land אֶ֖רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land without ל֥וֹא (lō·w) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no inhabitants.” נוֹשָֽׁבָה׃ (nō·wō·šā·ḇāh) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry Links Jeremiah 6:8 NIVJeremiah 6:8 NLT Jeremiah 6:8 ESV Jeremiah 6:8 NASB Jeremiah 6:8 KJV Jeremiah 6:8 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 6:8 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 6:8 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 6:8 French Bible Jeremiah 6:8 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 6:8 Be instructed Jerusalem lest my soul be (Jer.) |
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