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Be you instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from you; lest I make you a desolation, a land not inhabited.
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A Painful Separation
Commentators agree that the English translation "depart" is too gentle. The original Hebrew suggests a violent, painful action, like God's soul being "torn away" or "plucked" from His people. This emphasizes that God does not leave His people willingly; the separation caused by their sin is a traumatic and grievous event.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Be thou instructed - Be you chastised: learn the lesson which chastisement is intended to teach you.
Lest my soul
19th Century
Anglican
Be thou instructed. —Better, Be thou corrected, or, chastened. Compare to Psalms 2:10;[Reference Leviti…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet shows the coming destruction, concerning which he makes three points.
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