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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 6:8 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Jer 6:8 |
Strong Concordance |
Be thou instructed [03256], O Jerusalem [03389], lest my soul [05315] depart [03363] from thee; lest I make [07760] thee desolate [08077], a land [0776] not inhabited [03427]. |
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King James |
Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Tender appeal in the midst of threats.
depart--Hebrew, "be torn away"; Jehovah's affection making Him unwilling to depart; His attachment to Jerusalem was such that an effort was needed to tear Himself from it (Eze 23:18; Hos 9:12; Hos 11:8). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Be thou instructed - Be thou chastised: learn the lesson which chastisement is intended to teach thee.
Lest my soul - Lest I Myself - not "depart from thee," God does not willingly leave His people, but - "be torn from thee." |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Be thou instructed - I would yet willingly spare them if it might be. Depart - Heb. be disjointed, a most emphatical metaphor, whereby God would express how great grief it is to him to withdraw himself from them, even like the separating one limb from another. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Be thou instructed - Still there is respite: if they would even now return unto the Lord with all their heart, the advancing Chaldeans would be arrested on their march and turned back. |
8 How shall I give thee up [05414], Ephraim [0669]? how shall I deliver [04042] thee, Israel [03478]? how shall I make [05414] thee as Admah [0126]? how shall I set [07760] thee as Zeboim [06636]? mine heart [03820] is turned [02015] within me, my repentings [05150] are kindled [03648] together [03162].
12 Though they bring up [01431] their children [01121], yet will I bereave [07921] them, that there shall not be a man [0120] left: yea, woe [0188] also to them when I depart [05493] from them!
18 So she discovered [01540] her whoredoms [08457], and discovered [01540] her nakedness [06172]: then my mind [05315] was alienated [03363] from her, like as my mind [05315] was alienated [05361] from her sister [0269].