Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 6
Chapter 6 of Jeremiah
from the midst of Jerusalem!
Blow the trumpet in Teko′a,
and raise a signal on Beth-hacche′rem;
for evil looms out of the north,
and great destruction.
the daughter of Zion.
they shall pitch their tents around her,
they shall pasture, each in his place.
up, and let us attack at noon!”
“Woe to us, for the day declines,
for the shadows of evening lengthen!”
and destroy her palaces!”
¶ “Hew down her trees;
cast up a siege mound against Jerusalem.
This is the city which must be punished;
there is nothing but oppression within her.
so she keeps fresh her wickedness;
violence and destruction are heard within her;
sickness and wounds are ever before me.
lest I be alienated from you;
lest I make you a desolation,
an uninhabited land.”
“Glean[a] thoroughly as a vine
the remnant of Israel;
like a grape-gatherer pass your hand again
over its branches.”
that they may hear?
Behold, their ears are closed,[b]
they cannot listen;
behold, the word of the LORD is to them an object of scorn,
they take no pleasure in it.
I am weary of holding it in.
“Pour it out upon the children in the street,
and upon the gatherings of young men, also;
both husband and wife shall be taken,
the old folk and the very aged.
their fields and wives together;
for I will stretch out my hand
against the inhabitants of the land,”
says the LORD.
every one is greedy for unjust gain;
and from prophet to priest,
every one deals falsely.
saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
when there is no peace.
No, they were not at all ashamed;
they did not know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
at the time that I punish them, they shall be overthrown,”
says the LORD.
“Stand by the roads, and look,
and ask for the ancient paths,
where the good way is; and walk in it,
and find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
‘Give heed to the sound of the trumpet!’
But they said, ‘We will not give heed.’
and know, O congregation, what will happen to them.
the fruit of their devices,
because they have not given heed to my words;
and as for my law, they have rejected it.
or sweet cane from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,
nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.
‘Behold, I will lay before this people
stumbling blocks against which they shall stumble;
fathers and sons together,
neighbor and friend shall perish.’”
“Behold, a people is coming from the north country,
a great nation is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.
they are cruel and have no mercy,
the sound of them is like the roaring sea;
they ride upon horses,
set in array as a man for battle,
against you, O daughter of Zion!”
our hands fall helpless;
anguish has taken hold of us,
pain as of a woman in travail.
nor walk on the road;
for the enemy has a sword,
terror is on every side.
and roll in ashes;
make mourning as for an only son,
most bitter lamentation;
for suddenly the destroyer
will come upon us.
that you may know and assay their ways.
going about with slanders;
they are bronze and iron,
all of them act corruptly.
the lead is consumed by the fire;
in vain the refining goes on,
for the wicked are not removed.
for the LORD has rejected them.”FOOTNOTES
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