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Jere 6:1

& "Flee for safety, O sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem! Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa And raise a signal over (I.e. house of the vineyard) Beth-haccerem; For evil looks down from the north, And a great destruction.

Jere 6:2

& "The comely and dainty one, the daughter of Zion, I will cut off.

Jere 6:3

& "Shepherds and their flocks will come to her, They will pitch {their} tents around her, They will pasture each in his place.

Jere 6:4

& "Prepare war against her; Arise, and let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the day declines, For the shadows of the evening lengthen!

Jere 6:5

& "Arise, and let us attack by night And destroy her palaces!"

Jere 6:6

& For thus says the LORD of hosts, "Cut down her trees And cast up a siege against Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished, In whose midst there is only oppression.

Jere 6:7

& "As a well keeps its waters fresh, So she keeps fresh her wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard in her; Sickness and wounds are ever before Me.

Jere 6:8

& "Be warned, O Jerusalem, Or I shall be alienated from you, And make you a desolation, A land not inhabited."

Jere 6:9

& Thus says the LORD of hosts, "They will thoroughly glean as the vine the remnant of Israel; Pass your hand again like a grape gatherer Over the branches."

Jere 6:10

& To whom shall I speak and give warning That they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed And they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the LORD has become a reproach to them; They have no delight in it.

Jere 6:11

& But I am full of the wrath of the LORD; I am weary with holding {it} in. "Pour {it} out on the children in the street And on the gathering of young men together; For both husband and wife shall be taken, The aged and the very old.

Jere 6:12

& "Their houses shall be turned over to others, Their fields and their wives together; For I will stretch out My hand Against the inhabitants of the land," declares the LORD.

Jere 6:13

& "For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is greedy for gain, And from the prophet even to the priest Everyone deals falsely.

Jere 6:14

& "They have healed the brokenness of My people superficially, Saying, `Peace, peace,' But there is no peace.

Jere 6:15

& "Were they ashamed because of the abomination they have done? They were not even ashamed at all; They did not even know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; At the time that I punish them, They shall be cast down," says the LORD.

Jere 6:16

& Thus says the LORD, "Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, Where the good way is, and walk in it; And you will find rest for your souls. But they said, `We will not walk {in it.}'

Jere 6:17

& "And I set watchmen over you, {saying,} `Listen to the sound of the trumpet!' But they said, `We will not listen.'

Jere 6:18

& "Therefore hear, O nations, And know, O congregation, what is among them.

Jere 6:19

& "Hear, O earth: behold, I am bringing disaster on this people, The fruit of their plans, Because they have not listened to My words, And as for My law, they have rejected it also.

Jere 6:20

& "For what purpose does frankincense come to Me from Sheba And the sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable And your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me."

Jere 6:21

& Therefore, thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am laying stumbling blocks before this people. And they will stumble against them, Fathers and sons together; Neighbor and friend will perish."

Jere 6:22

& Thus says the LORD, "Behold, a people is coming from the north land, And a great nation will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth.

Jere 6:23

& "They seize bow and spear; They are cruel and have no mercy; Their voice roars like the sea, And they ride on horses, Arrayed as a man for the battle Against you, O daughter of Zion!"

Jere 6:24

& We have heard the report of it; Our hands are limp. Anguish has seized us, Pain as of a woman in childbirth.

Jere 6:25

& Do not go out into the field And do not walk on the road, For the enemy has a sword, Terror is on every side.

Jere 6:26

& O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth And roll in ashes; Mourn as for an only son, A lamentation most bitter. For suddenly the destroyer Will come upon us.

Jere 6:27

& "I have made you an assayer {and} a tester among My people, That you may know and assay their way."

Jere 6:28

& All of them are stubbornly rebellious, Going about as a talebearer. {They are} bronze and iron; They, all of them, are corrupt.