Jeremiah 6:8

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Jeremiah 6:8

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

Be thou

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Ezekiel 23:18

Hosea 9:12

Zechariah 11:8

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Bible References

Be thou

Wash thy heart, Jerusalem, from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

but they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but hardened their neck, that they might not hear nor receive instruction.

Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after I knew myself, I smote upon my thigh. I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, for I bear the reproach of my youth.

And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face; and though I taught them, rising early and teaching, they hearkened not to receive instruction.

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Go and say to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken unto my words? saith Jehovah.

Oh that they had been wise! they would have understood this, They would have considered their latter end!

And now, O kings, be ye wise, be admonished, ye judges of the earth.

Seeing thou hast hated correction and hast cast my words behind thee?

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah, and whom thou teachest out of thy law;

Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go: keep her, for she is thy life.

I said, Only fear me, receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, howsoever I may punish her. But they rose early, they corrupted all their doings.

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And she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness; and my soul was alienated from her, like as my soul was alienated from her sister.

For even should they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that not a man remain: for woe also to them when I shall have departed from them!

And I destroyed three shepherds in one month; and my soul was vexed with them, and their soul also loathed me.

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The young lions roared against him, they gave forth their voice, and they made his land desolate: his cities are burned, without inhabitant.

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place; upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.

Then shall the land enjoy its sabbaths all the days of the desolation, when ye are in your enemies' land; then shall the land rest, and enjoy its sabbaths.