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

"Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?

The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says: Change the way you have been living and do what is right. If you do, I will allow you to continue to live in this land.

Your ancestors, however, did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They stubbornly refused to pay attention or to respond to any discipline.'

For after we turned away from you we repented. After we came to our senses we beat our breasts in sorrow. We are ashamed and humiliated because of the disgraceful things we did previously.'

They have turned away from me instead of turning to me. I tried over and over again to instruct them, but they did not listen and respond to correction.

The Lord God of Israel who rules over all told him, "Go and speak to the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem. Tell them, 'I, the Lord, say: "You must learn a lesson from this about obeying what I say!

I wish that they were wise and could understand this, and that they could comprehend what will happen to them."

So now, you kings, do what is wise; you rulers of the earth, submit to correction!

For you hate instruction and reject my words.

How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O Lord, the one whom you teach from your law,

Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.

I thought, 'Certainly you will respect me! Now you will accept correction!' If she had done so, her home would not be destroyed by all the punishments I have threatened. But they eagerly sinned in everything they did.

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When she lustfully exposed her nakedness, I was disgusted with her, just as I had been disgusted with her sister.

Even if they raise their children, I will take away every last one of them. Woe to them! For I will turn away from them.

Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month, for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well.

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Like lions his enemies roar victoriously over him; they raise their voices in triumph. They have laid his land waste; his cities have been burned down and deserted.

So," the Lord God says, "my raging fury will be poured out on this land. It will be poured out on human beings and animals, on trees and crops. And it will burn like a fire which cannot be extinguished."

The Lord said, "I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. I will destroy the towns of Judah so that no one will be able to live in them."

"'Then the land will make up for its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate while you are in the land of your enemies; then the land will rest and make up its Sabbaths.