Jeremiah 6:8

Jeremiah 6:8

6 For thus has the Lord of hosts said:
“Cut down trees,
And build a mound against Jerusalem.
This is the city to be punished.
She is full of oppression in her midst.

7 ^aAs a fountain¹ wells up with water,
So she wells up with her wickedness.
^bViolence and plundering are heard in her.
Before Me continually are¹ grief and wounds.

8 Be instructed, O Jerusalem,
Lest ^aMy soul depart from you;
Lest I make you desolate,
A land not inhabited.”

9 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“They shall thoroughly glean as a vine the remnant of Israel;
As a grape-gatherer, put your hand back into the branches.”

10 To whom shall I speak and give warning,
That they may hear?
Indeed their ^aear is uncircumcised,
And they cannot give heed.
Behold, ^bthe word of the Lord is a reproach to them;
They have no delight in it.

11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord.
^aI am weary of holding it in.
“I will pour it out ^bon the children outside,
And on the assembly of young men together;
For even the husband shall be taken with the wife,
The aged with him who is full of days.

12 And ^atheir houses shall be turned over to others,
Fields and wives together;
For I will stretch out My hand
Against the inhabitants of the land,” says the Lord.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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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 (Ezekiel 23:18; Hosea 9:12; Hosea 11:8).

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