Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Be you instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from you; lest I make you desolate, a land not inhabited.
New American Standard Bible
Or
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
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.”
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.
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.
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
Nephesh
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 6:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
7 As a fountain casts out her waters, so she casts out her wickedness: violence and plundering are heard in her; before me continually are grief and wounds. 8 Be you instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from you; lest I make you desolate, a land not inhabited. 9 Thus says the LORD of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back your hand as a grape gatherer into the baskets.
Cross References
Ezekiel 23:18
So she uncovered her harlotries, and uncovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like my mind was alienated from her sister.
Hosea 9:12
Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
Jeremiah 17:23
But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
Leviticus 26:34
Then shall the land enjoy its sabbaths, as long as it lies desolate, and you be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy its sabbaths.
Deuteronomy 32:29
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Psalm 2:10
Be wise now therefore, O you kings: be instructed, you judges of the earth.
Psalm 50:17
Seeing you hate instruction, and cast my words behind you.
Psalm 94:12
Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law;
Proverbs 4:13
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is your life.
Jeremiah 2:15
The young lions roared upon him, and growled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your vain thoughts lodge within you?
Jeremiah 7:3-7
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
Jeremiah 7:20
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, my 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.
Jeremiah 7:34
Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
Jeremiah 9:11
And I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, and a den of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
Jeremiah 31:19
Surely after I was turned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck myself upon the thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Jeremiah 32:33
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
Jeremiah 35:13-15
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will you not receive instruction to hearken to my words? says the LORD.
Zephaniah 3:7
I said, Surely you will fear me, you will receive instruction; so her dwelling should not be cut off, no matter how I punished her: but they rose early, and corrupted all their deeds.
Zechariah 11:8-9
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul loathed them, and their souls also abhorred me.