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Be thou instructed - Be you chastised: learn the lesson which chastisement is intended to teach you.
Lest my soul

Be thou instructed. —Better, Be thou corrected, or, chastened. Compare to Psalms 2:10;[Reference Leviti…

Although the Prophet had spoken as if there was no remedy for the evils of Jerusalem, he still exhorts it to seek peace with God, and addresses, in…

And be instructed, O JerusalemF19; receive discipline or instructions by chastisements and corrections, return…

Whatever methods are used, it is vain to contend with God's judgments. The more we indulge in the pleasures of this life, the more we make ourselve…

Here, the prophet shows the coming destruction, concerning which he makes three points.
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes