Be thou instructed, O [a]Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee, lest I make thee desolate as a land that none inhabiteth.

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall gather as a vine, the residue of Israel: turn [b]back thine hand as the grape gatherer into the baskets.

10 Unto whom shall I speak, and admonish that they may hear? behold, their ears are [c]uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the Lord is unto them as a reproach: they have no delight in it.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:8 He warneth them to amend by his correction, and turn to him by repentance.
  2. Jeremiah 6:9 He exhorteth the Babylonians to be diligent to search out all and to leave none.
  3. Jeremiah 6:10 They delight to hear vain things, and to shut up their ears to true doctrine.

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