Jeremiah 6:8

Jeremiah 6:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
• New International Version (NIV)Take warning, Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you and make your land desolate so no one can live in it.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Be warned, O Jerusalem, lest I turn from you in disgust, lest I make you a desolation, an uninhabited land."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Be instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul depart from you; Lest I make you desolate, A land not inhabited.”

Context of Jeremiah 6:8

6For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst. 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. Be 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.” 10To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.

Jeremiah 6:8 word by word

הִוָּסְרִי֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם פֶּן־תֵּקַ֥ע נַפְשִׁ֖י מִמֵּ֑ךְ פֶּן־אֲשִׂימֵ֣ךְ שְׁמָמָ֔ה אֶ֖רֶץ ל֥וֹא נוֹשָֽׁבָה׃ פRead the interlinear

• Be forewarnedיָסַרyâsar · to disciplineH3256
• O Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• orפֶּן־pên · lestH6435
• Iנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• will turn awayיָקַעyâqa‛ · to dislocate/hangH3363
• from youמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• I will makeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• you a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · devastationH8077
• a landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• withoutלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• inhabitantיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427

Cross-references for Jeremiah 6:8

• Jeremiah 4:14Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
• Jeremiah 7:3Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.
• Jeremiah 17:23Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline.
• Jeremiah 31:19After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
• Jeremiah 32:33They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to 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.
• Deuteronomy 32:29If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
• Psalms 2:10Therefore be wise, O kings; be admonished, O judges of the earth.
• Psalms 50:17For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
• Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
• Proverbs 4:13Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
• Zephaniah 3:7I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.
• Ezekiel 23:18When 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 9:12Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!
• Zechariah 11:8And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
• Jeremiah 2:15The young lions have roared at him; they have sounded their voices. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 6:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Be 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.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Even at this late hour, the Lord accused the people to make them listen and return to him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Tender appeal in the midst of threats. depart--Hebrew, "be torn away"; Jehovah's affection making Him unwilling to depart; His attachment to Jerusalem was such that an effort was needed to tear Himself from it (Eze 23:18; Ho 9:12; 11:8).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 6:8

• Repentance

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings