TSK · Jeremiah 6:8

I wish that they were wise and could understand this, and that they could comprehend what will happen to them.”

For you hate instruction and reject my words.

Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.

Like lions his enemies roar victoriously over him; they raise their voices in triumph. They have laid his land waste; his cities have been burned down and deserted.

The LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel says: Change the way you have been living and do what is right. If you do, I will allow you to continue to live in this land.

I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, or the glad celebration of brides and grooms throughout the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. For the whole land will become a desolate wasteland.”

Your ancestors, however, did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They stubbornly refused to pay attention or to respond to any discipline.’

They have turned away from me instead of turning to me. I tried over and over again to instruct them, but they did not listen and respond to correction.

When she lustfully exposed her nakedness, I was disgusted with her, just as I had been disgusted with her sister.

Even if they raise their children, I will take away every last one of them. Woe to them! For I will turn away from them.

Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month, for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well.