Jeremiah 6:8

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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  • Ezek 23:18 : 18 So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.
  • Hos 9:12 : 12 Tugh 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!
  • Jer 17:23 : 23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
  • Zeph 3:7 : 7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
  • Ps 50:17 : 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
  • Jer 32:33 : 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.
  • Jer 35:13-15 : 13 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of usalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD. 14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me. 15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
  • Ps 94:12 : 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
  • Prov 4:13 : 13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
  • Jer 2:15 : 15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 O usalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
  • Jer 7:3-7 : 3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. 5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; 6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: 7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
  • Jer 7:20 : 20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; 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.
  • Jer 7:34 : 34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of usalem, 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.
  • Jer 9:11 : 11 And I will make usalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
  • Zech 11:8-9 : 8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me. 9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.
  • Jer 31:19 : 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
  • Lev 26:34 : 34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.
  • Deut 32:29 : 29 O that they were wise, that they unrstood this, that they would consir their latter end!
  • Ps 2:10 : 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

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