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. Contemporary English Version Listen to me, you people of Jerusalem and Judah. I will abandon you, and your land will become an empty desert. 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." Majority Standard Bible Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.? 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 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.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionBe instructed, O Jerusalem, "" Lest My soul be alienated from you, "" Lest I make you a desolation, "" A land [that is] not inhabited.” 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. Smith's Literal Translation Be admonished, O Jerusalem, lest thy soul shall be alienated from thee; lest I shall set thee a desolation, a land not inhabited. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBe thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee, lest I make thee desolate, a land uninhabited. Catholic Public Domain Version O Jerusalem, accept instruction, lest perhaps my soul may withdraw from you; lest perhaps I may set you in a desert, in an uninhabitable land.” 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. New Revised Standard Version Take warning, O Jerusalem, or I shall turn from you in disgust, and make you a desolation, an uninhabited land. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBe chastised, O Jerusalem, lest my soul abhor you; lest I make you desolate like an uninhabited land. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated 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’” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Be thou corrected, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee desolate, A land not inhabited. 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. 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 Isaiah 1:16-20 Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil! / Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.” / “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool. ... Zephaniah 2:1-3 Gather yourselves, gather together, O shameful nation, / before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you. / Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger. Amos 4:6-12 “I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. / “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. ... Hosea 4:1-3 Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! / Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another. / Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear. Isaiah 55:6-7 Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. / Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon. Ezekiel 18:30-32 Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall. / Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel? / For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live! 2 Chronicles 7:14 and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. Lamentations 3:40-42 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. / Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven: / “We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.” Joel 2:12-14 “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” / So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster. / Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God. Micah 6:8-9 He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? / The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): “Heed the rod and the One who ordained it. Matthew 23:37-39 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. / For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’” Luke 13:34-35 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’” Hebrews 12:25 See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven? Revelation 2:4-5 But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love. / Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. Acts 3:19 Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away, 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. Be forewarned, O Jerusalem This phrase serves as a direct warning to the city of Jerusalem, the heart of Judah and the center of Jewish worship. The warning is a call to repentance, emphasizing the urgency of turning back to God. Historically, Jerusalem was the political and spiritual center of the Jewish people, housing the Temple built by Solomon. The warning reflects the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where disobedience leads to consequences. This echoes earlier warnings given by prophets like Isaiah and Hosea, who also called for repentance to avoid impending judgment. or I will turn away from you I will make you a desolation a land without inhabitant Persons / Places / Events 1. JeremiahA prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry was marked by deep personal struggle and unwavering commitment to God's word. 2. Jerusalem The capital city of Judah, central to Jewish worship and identity. It was the focal point of God's warnings due to its spiritual and moral decline. 3. God's Warning The event of God issuing a stern warning to Jerusalem through Jeremiah, emphasizing the consequences of continued disobedience. Teaching Points The Seriousness of God's WarningsGod's warnings are not to be taken lightly. They are expressions of His justice and love, urging repentance to avoid judgment. The Consequences of Disobedience Persistent disobedience leads to desolation. Just as Jerusalem faced destruction, ignoring God's commands today can lead to spiritual desolation. The Call to Repentance God’s warnings are coupled with a call to repentance. Turning back to God can avert disaster and restore relationship. The Role of Prophets Prophets like Jeremiah serve as God's mouthpieces, delivering messages that are often unpopular but necessary for spiritual health. God's Desire for Relationship Despite the warnings, God's ultimate desire is for a restored relationship with His people, highlighting His mercy and grace.(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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