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Jérémie 6:8

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8 Jérusalem, reçois l'instruction, de peur que mon âme ne se détache de toi; de peur que je ne fasse de toi un désert, une terre inhabitée!

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 a dit l'Éternel des armées: Abattez les arbres, élevez des terrasses contre Jérusalem. C'est ici la ville qui doit être châtiée. Il n'y a qu'oppression au milieu d'elle.
7 Comme un puits fait sourdre ses eaux, ainsi fait-elle jaillir sa malice. On n'entend continuellement en elle, devant moi, que violence et ruine; on n'y voit que douleurs et que plaies.
8 Jérusalem, reçois l'instruction, de peur que mon âme ne se détache de toi; de peur que je ne fasse de toi un désert, une terre inhabitée!
9 Ainsi a dit l'Éternel des armées: On grappillera comme une vigne les restes d'Israël. Remets, comme un vendangeur, ta main aux paniers.
10 A qui parlerai-je, et qui sommerai-je, pour qu'ils écoutent? Voici, leur oreille est incirconcise, et ils ne peuvent entendre; voici la parole de l'Éternel est pour eux un opprobre; ils n'y prennent point de plaisir.

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