Jeremiah 6:8
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Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee, lest I make thee desolate, a land uninhabited.

Jeremiah 7:28
And thou shalt say to them: This is a nation which hath not hearkened to the voice of the Lord their God, nor received instruction: faith is lost, and is taken away out of their mouth.

Jeremiah 17:23
But they did not hear, nor incline their ear: but hardened their neck, that they might not hear me, and might not receive instruction.

Jeremiah 35:13
Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Go, and say to the men of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Will you not receive instruction, to obey my words, saith the Lord?

Ezekiel 23:18
And she discovered her fornications, and discovered her disgrace: and my soul was alienated from her, as my soul was alienated from her sister.

Hosea 9:12
And though they should bring up their children, I will make them without children among men: yea, and woe to them, when I shall depart from them.

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Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee, lest I make thee desolate, a land uninhabited.

Be thou.

Jeremiah 4:14 Wash thy heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayst be saved: how long shall hurtful thoughts abide in thee?

Jeremiah 7:3-7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Make your ways and your doings good: and I will dwell with you in this place. . . .

Jeremiah 17:23 But they did not hear, nor incline their ear: but hardened their neck, that they might not hear me, and might not receive instruction.

Jeremiah 31:19 For after thou didst convert me, I did penance: and after thou didst shew unto me, I struck my thigh: I am confounded and ashamed, because I have borne the reproach of my youth.

Jeremiah 32:33 And they have turned their backs to me, and not their faces: when I taught them early in the morning, and instructed them, and they would not hearken to receive instruction.

Jeremiah 35:13-15 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Go, and say to the men of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Will you not receive instruction, to obey my words, saith the Lord? . . .

Deuteronomy 32:29 O that they would be wise and would understand, and would provide for their last end.

Psalm 2:10 And now, O ye kings, understand: receive instruction, you that judge the earth.

Psalm 50:17 Seeing thou hast hated discipline: and hast cast my words behind thee.

Psalm 94:12 Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him out of thy law.

Proverbs 4:13 Be not delighted in the paths of the wicked, neither let the way of evil men please thee.

Zephaniah 3:7 I said: Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive correction: and her dwelling shall not perish, for all things wherein I have visited her: but they rose early, and corrupted all their thoughts.

lest.

Ezekiel 23:18 And she discovered her fornications, and discovered her disgrace: and my soul was alienated from her, as my soul was alienated from her sister.

Hosea 9:12 And though they should bring up their children, I will make them without children among men: yea, and woe to them, when I shall depart from them.

Zechariah 11:8,9 And I cut off three shepherds in one month, and my soul was straitened in their regard: for their soul also varied in my regard. . . .

depart.

Jeremiah 2:15 The lions have roared upon him, and have made a noise, they have made his land a wilderness: his cities are burnt down, and there is none to dwell in them.

Jeremiah 7:20,34 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold my wrath and my indignation is enkindled against this place, upon men and upon beasts, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruits of the land, and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. . . .

Jeremiah 9:11 And I will make Jerusalem to be heaps of sand, and dens of dragons: and I will make the cities of Juda desolate, for want of an inhabitant.

Leviticus 26:34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths all the days of her desolation. When you shall be

Context
Jerusalem's Final Warning
7As a cistern maketh its water cold, so hath she made her wickedness cold: violence and spoil shall be heard in her, infirmity and stripes are continually before me. 8Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee, lest I make thee desolate, a land uninhabited.9Thus saith the Lord of hosts: They shall gather the remains of Israel, as in a vine, even to one cluster: turn back thy hand, as a grapegatherer into the basket.…
Lexicon
Be warned,
הִוָּסְרִי֙ (hiw·wā·sə·rî)
Verb - Nifal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3256: To discipline, chasten, admonish

O Jerusalem,
יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (yə·rū·šā·lim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

or
פֶּן־ (pen-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 6435: Removal, lest

I
נַפְשִׁ֖י (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

will turn away
תֵּקַ֥ע (tê·qa‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3363: To sever oneself, to be dislocated, to abandon, to impale

from you;
מִמֵּ֑ךְ (mim·mêḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

I will make
אֲשִׂימֵ֣ךְ (’ă·śî·mêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

you a desolation,
שְׁמָמָ֔ה (šə·mā·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8077: Devastation, astonishment

a land
אֶ֖רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

without
ל֥וֹא (lō·w)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

inhabitants.”
נוֹשָֽׁבָה׃ (nō·wō·šā·ḇāh)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry


Additional Translations
Be warned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitants.”Be you instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from you; lest I make you desolate, a land not inhabited.

Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

Thou shalt be chastened, O Jerusalem, with pain and the scourge, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee a desert land, which shall not be inhabited.

Be thou instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

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

Be instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from you; lest I make you a desolation, a land not inhabited."

Be instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.
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