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Jeremiah 6:8

Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הִוָּסְרִי֙hi.va.se.Rilet yourself be instructedH3256 →
יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimO JerusalemH3389 →
פֶּן־pen-lestH6435 →
תֵּקַ֥עte.Ka'it should be alienatedH3363 →
נַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.Shiself myH5315 →
מִמֵּ֑ךְmi.Mekhfrom youH4480 →
פֶּן־pen-lestH6435 →
אֲשִׂימֵ֣ךְ'a.si.MekhI should make youH7760 →
שְׁמָמָ֔הshe.ma.Maha desolationH8077 →
אֶ֖רֶץ'E.retza landH776 →
ל֥וֹאLo'[which] notH3808 →
נוֹשָֽׁבָה׃ פno.Sha.vahit is inhabitedH3427 →

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Matthew 24:1As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings.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!Jeremiah 17:23Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline.Matthew 23:37O 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!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.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 35:13–15“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.Psalms 50:17For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.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?Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,Psalms 2:10Therefore be wise, O kings; be admonished, O judges of the earth.Jeremiah 2:15The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.Jeremiah 9:11“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”Proverbs 4:13Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.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.’Deuteronomy 32:29If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.Jeremiah 7:3–7Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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