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Jérémie 6:8

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8 Reçois instruction, Jérusalem, De peur que je ne m'éloigne de toi, Que je ne fasse de toi un désert, Un pays inhabité!

Jérémie 6:8 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 6:8

And be thou instructed, O Jerusalem
Or "corrected" F19; receive discipline or instructions by chastisements and corrections, return by repentance, that the evils threatened may not come: this shows the affection of the Lord to his people, notwithstanding all their sins; that their amendment, and not their destruction, were pleasing to him; that it was with reluctance he was about to visit them in the manner threatened; and that even now it was not too late, provided they were instructed and reformed; but, if not, they must expect what follows: lest my soul depart from thee;
his Shechinah, or divine Presence, and all the tokens of his love, favour, and good will. The Targum interprets it of the Word of the Lord,

``lest my Word cast thee off;''
see ( Romans 11:1 ) , or, "lest my soul pluck itself from thee"; or "be plucked" F20, and separated from thee: the phrase denotes an utter separation, a forcible one, joined with the utmost abhorrence and detestation. In ( Ezekiel 23:18 ) , it is rendered, "my mind was alienated"; it denotes disunion and disaffection. Lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited;
the Targum adds, by way of illustration,
``as the land of Sodom;''
so that not a man should dwell in it; see ( Jeremiah 4:25 Jeremiah 4:27 Jeremiah 4:29 ) .
FOOTNOTES:

F19 (yrowh) "cape disciplinam", Vatablus; "admitte disciplinam", Cocceius; "castigationem", Schmidt.
F20 (Kmm yvpn eqt Np) "ut non luxetur, [vel] avellatur anima mea a te", Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Schmidt.
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Jérémie 6:8 In-Context

6 Car ainsi parle l'Eternel des armées: Abattez les arbres, Elevez des terrasses contre Jérusalem! C'est la ville qui doit être châtiée; Il n'y a qu'oppression au milieu d'elle.
7 Comme un puits fait jaillir ses eaux, Ainsi elle fait jaillir sa méchanceté; Il n'est bruit en son sein que de violence et de ruine; Sans cesse à mes regards s'offrent la douleur et les plaies.
8 Reçois instruction, Jérusalem, De peur que je ne m'éloigne de toi, Que je ne fasse de toi un désert, Un pays inhabité!
9 Ainsi parle l'Eternel des armées: On grappillera comme une vigne les restes d'Israël. Portes-y de nouveau la main, Comme le vendangeur sur les ceps.
10 A qui m'adresser, et qui prendre à témoin pour qu'on écoute? Voici, leur oreille est incirconcise, Et ils sont incapables d'être attentifs; Voici, la parole de l'Eternel est pour eux un opprobre, Ils n'y trouvent aucun plaisir.
The Louis Segond 1910 is in the public domain.

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