NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Be thou instructedyacar (yaw-sar') to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct -- bind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach. O Jerusalem Yruwshalaim (yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im) founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine -- Jerusalem. lest my soul nephesh (neh'-fesh) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) depart yaqa` (yaw-kah') be alienated, depart, hang (up), be out of joint. from thee lest I make suwm (soom) to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work. thee desolate shmamah (shem-aw-maw') devastation; figuratively, astonishment -- (laid, most) desolate(-ion), waste. a land 'erets (eh'-rets) the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world. not inhabited yashab (yaw-shab') to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "Be warned, O Jerusalem, Or I shall be alienated from you, And make you a desolation, A land not inhabited." King James Bible Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. Holman Christian Standard Bible Be warned, Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitants. International Standard Version Be warned, Jerusalem, or I'll be alienated from you. I'll make you desolate, a land not inhabited." NET Bible So take warning, Jerusalem, or I will abandon you in disgust and make you desolate, a place where no one can live." GOD'S WORD® Translation Pay attention to my warning, Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you. I will make your land desolate, a land where no one will live. King James 2000 Bible Be you instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from you; lest I make you desolate, a land not inhabited. Links Jeremiah 6:8Jeremiah 6:8 NIV Jeremiah 6:8 NLT Jeremiah 6:8 ESV Jeremiah 6:8 NASB Jeremiah 6:8 KJV |