Jeremiah 6:8 - The Scriptures 2009

⁸ “Be instructed, O Yerushalayim, lest My being be torn from you, lest I make you a waste, a land not inhabited.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Be corrected, reformed, instructed, and warned, O Jerusalem, lest I be alienated and parted from you, lest I make you a desolation, an uninhabited land.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

Common English Bible

⁸ Hear me out, Jerusalem, or else I’ll turn away from you and reduce you to ruins, a land unfit to live in.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ 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."

Jeremiah 6:8 Cross References

Hosea 9:12

“Though they bring up their children, I shall make them childless, without man. For it is woe to them when I turn away from them!

Ezekiel 23:18

“And she uncovered her whorings and uncovered her nakedness. Then I turned My being from her in disgust, as My being had turned from her sister in disgust.

Jeremiah 17:23

“But they did not obey, or incline their ear, and they made their neck stiff not to hear and not to receive instruction.

Zephaniah 3:7

“I have said, ‘Only fear Me, accept instruction.’ And her dwelling would not be cut off, all that I have appointed for her. But they rose up early, they corrupted all their deeds.

Jeremiah 32:33

“And they have turned their back to Me, and not their face – though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, they did not listen to receive instruction.

Psalm 50:17

“While you hated instruction And cast My Words behind you?

Jeremiah 31:19

For after my turning back, I repented. And after I was instructed, I struck myself on the thigh. I was ashamed, even humiliated, for I bore the reproach of my youth.’

Jeremiah 9:11

“And I shall make Yerushalayim a heap of ruins, a habitation for jackals; and the cities of Yehuḏah I shall make a waste, without an inhabitant.”

Jeremiah 7:34

“And in the cities of Yehuḏah and in the streets of Yerushalayim I shall make to cease the voice of rejoicing and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. For the land shall become a waste!

Jeremiah 7:20

Therefore, thus said the Master יהוה, “See, My displeasure and My wrath is poured out on this place, on man and on beast, and on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it shall burn and not be quenched.”

Jeremiah 4:14

O Yerushalayim, wash your heart from evil, and be saved. Till when would your wicked thoughts remain within you?

Jeremiah 2:15

“The young lions roared at him, they growled, and made his land waste; his cities have been burned, without inhabitant.

Proverbs 4:13

Become strong in discipline, do not let go; Watch over her, for she is your life.

Psalm 94:12

Blessed is the man You discipline, O Yah, And instruct out of Your Torah,

Psalm 2:10

And now, be wise, O sovereigns; Be instructed, you rulers of the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:29

If they were wise, They would understand this, They would consider their latter end!”

Leviticus 26:34

and the land enjoy its Sabbaths as long as it lies waste and you are in your enemies’ land. Then the land would rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.

Jeremiah 7:28

“But you shall say to them, ‘This is a nation that did not obey the voice of יהוה their Elohim, nor did they accept instruction. Truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth.

Proverbs 19:20

Listen to counsel and accept discipline, So that you are wise in your latter end.

Hosea 2:5

“For their mother has whored, she who conceived them has acted shamelessly. For she said, ‘I go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my linen, my oil and my drink.’