Listen to counsel and receive instruction so that you may be wise later in life. ,
Jeremiah 6:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Be warned, Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitants. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) 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 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 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." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee, lest I make thee desolate, a land uninhabited. |
Listen to counsel and receive instruction so that you may be wise later in life. ,
They wouldn’t listen or pay attention but became obstinate, not listening or accepting discipline.
The young lions have roared at him; they have roared loudly. They have laid waste his land. His cities are in ruins, without inhabitants.
After my return, I felt regret; After I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
They have turned their backs to me and not their faces. Though I taught them time and time again, , they do not listen and receive discipline.
Wash the evil from your heart, Jerusalem, so that you will be delivered. How long will you harbour malicious thoughts?
Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: ‘Look, my anger #– #my burning wrath #– #is about to be poured out on this place, on people and animals, on the tree of the field, and on the produce of the land. My wrath will burn and not be quenched.’
Therefore, declare to them, “This is the nation that would not listen to the Lord their God and would not accept discipline. Truth has perished #– #it has disappeared from their mouths.
I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sound of joy and gladness and the voices of the groom and the bride, for the land will become a desolate waste.
I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a jackals’ den. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, an uninhabited place.
When she flaunted her promiscuity and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust just as I turned away from her sister.
Yes, their mother is promiscuous; she conceived them and acted shamefully. For she thought, ‘I will follow my lovers, the men who give me my food and water, my wool and flax, my oil and drink.’
Even if they bring up children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe to them when I depart from them!
‘Then the land will make up for its Sabbath years during the time it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies. At that time the land will rest and make up for its Sabbaths.
I said: ‘You will certainly fear me’ and accept correction. Then her dwelling place would not be cut off based on all that I had allocated to her. However, they became more corrupt in all their actions.
If only they were wise, they would comprehend this; they would understand their fate.