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 armies says: “Cut down her trees And pile up an assault ramp against Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished, In whose midst there is only oppression. 7As a well keeps its waters fresh, So she keeps fresh her wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard in her; Sickness and wounds are constantly before Me. Be warned, Jerusalem, Or I shall be alienated from you, And make you a desolation, An uninhabited land.” 9This is what the Lord of armies says: “They will thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel like the vine; Pass your hand over the branches again Like a grape gatherer.” 10To whom shall I speak and give warning, That they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed And they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the Lord has become for them a rebuke; They take no delight in it.

Jeremiah 6:8 word by word

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

• Be warnedיָסַרyâsar · to disciplineH3256
• Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• Orפֶּן־pên · lestH6435
• I shall be alienatedיָקַעyâqa‛ · to dislocate/hangH3363
• And makeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• you a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · devastationH8077
• An uninhabitedלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• An uninhabitedיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Jeremiah 6:8

• Jeremiah 4:14Wash your heart from evil, Jerusalem, So that you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts Lodge within you?
• Jeremiah 7:3This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you live in this place.
• Jeremiah 17:23Yet they did not listen or incline their ears, but stiffened their necks so as not to listen or accept discipline.
• Jeremiah 31:19For after I turned back, I repented; And after I was instructed, I slapped my thigh; I was ashamed and also humiliated Because I bore the shame of my youth.’
• Jeremiah 32:33They have turned their back to Me and not their face; though I taught them, teaching again and again, they would not listen to accept discipline.
• Jeremiah 35:13“This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: ‘Go and say to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, “Will you not accept instruction by listening to My words?” declares the Lord.
• Deuteronomy 32:29If only they were wise and they understood this; If only they would discern their future!
• Psalms 2:10Now then, you kings, use insight; Let yourselves be instructed, you judges of the earth.
• Psalms 50:17For you yourself hate discipline, And you throw My words behind you.
• Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man whom You discipline, Lord, And whom You teach from Your Law,
• Proverbs 4:13Take hold of instruction; do not let go. Guard her, for she is your life.
• Zephaniah 3:7I said, ‘You will certainly revere Me, You will accept discipline.’ So her dwelling will not be eliminated In accordance with everything that I have stipulated for her. Instead, they were eager to corrupt all their deeds.
• Ezekiel 23:18She exposed her obscene practices and exposed her nakedness; then I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister in disgust.
• Hosea 9:12Though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them of their children until not a person is left. Yes, woe to them indeed when I depart from them!
• Zechariah 11:8Then I did away with the three shepherds in one month, for my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also was tired of me.
• Jeremiah 2:15The young lions have roared at him, They have roared loudly. And they have made his land a waste; His cities have been destroyed, 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

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Cruel
• Mount
• Reprobate
• Wallow
• Alienate
• Exodus, the Book of
• Jeremiah (2)
• Reform
• Sheshach

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