Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Undergo teaching, O Jerusalem, or my soul will be turned away from you, and I will make you a waste, an unpeopled land.

New American Standard Bible

Be warned, O Jerusalem,
Or I shall be alienated from you,
And make you a desolation,
A land not inhabited.”

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Be warned, Jerusalem,
or I will turn away from you;
I will make you a desolation,
a land without inhabitants.

International Standard Version

Be warned, Jerusalem, or I'll be alienated from you. I'll make you desolate, a land not inhabited."

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“Be wise and be warned, O Jerusalem,
Or I will be alienated from you,
And make you a desolation,
An uninhabited land.”

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Be admonished, O Jerusalem, lest thy soul shall be alienated from thee; lest I shall set thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Be warned, Jerusalem, lest I turn away from you in disgust, lest I make you a desolation, a land that is not inhabited."

Modern King James verseion

O Jerusalem, you must be instructed, lest My soul depart from you; lest I make you desolate, a land without people.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Amend thee, O Jerusalem, lest I withdraw my heart from thee, and make thee desolate: and thy land also, that no man dwell in it."

NET Bible

So take warning, Jerusalem, or I will abandon you in disgust and make you desolate, a place where no one can live."

New Heart English Bible

Be instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from you; lest I make you a desolation, a land not inhabited."

The Emphasized Bible

Receive thou correction O Jerusalem, Lest my soul be torn from thee, - Lest I make thee A desolation, A land not habitable.

Webster

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

World English Bible

Be instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from you; lest I make you a desolation, a land not inhabited."

Youngs Literal Translation

Be instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Be thou instructed
יסר 
Yacar 
Usage: 43

ירוּשׁלים ירוּשׁלם 
Y@ruwshalaim 
Usage: 642

lest my soul
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

יקע 
Yaqa` 
Usage: 8

שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

שׁממה שׁממה 
Sh@mamah 
Usage: 57

a land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

References

Context Readings

An Invasion From The North

7 As the spring keeps its waters cold, so she keeps her evil in her: the sound of cruel and violent behaviour is in her; before me at all times are disease and wounds. 8 Undergo teaching, O Jerusalem, or my soul will be turned away from you, and I will make you a waste, an unpeopled land. 9 This is what the Lord of armies has said: Everything will be taken from the rest of Israel as the last grapes are taken from the vine; let your hand be turned to the small branches, like one pulling off grapes.



Cross References

Ezekiel 23:18

So her loose behaviour was clearly seen and her shame uncovered: then my soul was turned from her as it had been turned from her sister.

Hosea 9:12

Even though their children have come to growth I will take them away, so that not a man will be there; for their evil-doing will be complete and they will be put to shame because of it.

Jeremiah 17:23

But they gave no attention and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff so that they might not give ear and might not get teaching.

Leviticus 26:34

Then will the land take pleasure in its Sabbaths while it is waste and you are living in the land of your haters; then will the land have rest.

Deuteronomy 32:29

If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!

Psalm 2:10

So now be wise, you kings: take his teaching, you judges of the earth.

Psalm 94:12

Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;

Proverbs 4:13

Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.

Jeremiah 2:15

The young lions have made an outcry against him with a loud voice: they have made his land waste; his towns are burned up, with no one living in them.

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, make your heart clean from evil, so that you may have salvation. How long are evil purposes to have a resting-place in you?

Jeremiah 7:3-7

The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, says, Let your ways and your doings be changed for the better and I will let you go on living in this place.

Jeremiah 7:20

So this is what the Lord God has said: See, my wrath and my passion will be let loose on this place, on man and beast, and on the trees of the field, and on the produce of the earth; it will be burning and will not be put out.

Jeremiah 7:34

And in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, I will put an end to the laughing voices, the voice of joy and the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride: for the land will become a waste.

Jeremiah 9:11

And I will make Jerusalem a mass of broken stones, the living-place of jackals; and I will make the towns of Judah a waste, with no man living there.

Jeremiah 31:19

Truly, after I had been turned, I had regret for my ways; and after I had got knowledge, I made signs of sorrow: I was put to shame, truly, I was covered with shame, because I had to undergo the shame of my early years.

Jeremiah 32:33

And they have been turning their backs and not their faces to me: and though I was their teacher, getting up early and teaching them, their ears were not open to teaching.

Jeremiah 35:13-15

This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Go and say to the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, Is there no hope of teaching you to give ear to my words? says the Lord.

Zephaniah 3:7

I said, Certainly you will go in fear of me, and come under my training, so that whatever I may send on her may not be cut off before her eyes: but they got up early and made all their works evil.

Zechariah 11:8-9

And in one month I put an end to the three keepers of the flock; for my soul was tired of them, and their souls were disgusted with me.

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