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Jeremiah 6:8 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 6 · verse 8
Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.Jeremiah 6:8 · King James Version
Jeremiah 6:8 in context
6For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
7As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
8Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
9Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.
10To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- instructedyâçarto chastise, literally or figurativelyH3256 →
- JerusalemYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineH3389 →
- desolateshᵉmâmâhdevastationH8077 →
- departyâqaʻproperly, to sever oneselfH3363 →
- soulnepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
- makesûwmto putH7760 →
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Here is I. Judgment threatened against Judah and Jerusalem. The city and the country were at this time secure and under no apprehension of danger;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8