Jeremiah Chapter 6
6:1 | O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of ![]() ![]() ![]() |
6:2 | I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate [woman]. |
6:3 | The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch [their] tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place. |
6:4 | Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the ![]() |
6:5 | Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces. |
6:6 | For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against ![]() |
6:7 | As a fountain casteth out her ![]() |
6:8 | Be thou instructed, O ![]() |
6:9 | Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of ![]() |
6:10 | To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear [is] uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it. |
6:11 | Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with [him that is] full of ![]() |
6:12 | And their ![]() |
6:13 | For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one [is] given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. |
6:14 | They have healed also the hurt [of the daughter] of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when [there is] no peace. |
6:15 | Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the ![]() |
6:16 | Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and ![]() |
6:17 | Also I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. |
6:18 | Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what [is] among them. |
6:19 | Hear, O ![]() ![]() |
6:20 | To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings [are] not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. |
6:21 | Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish. |
6:22 | Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the ![]() |
6:23 | They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they [are] cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion. |
6:24 | We have heard the fame thereof: our hands ![]() |
6:25 | Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the ![]() |
6:26 | O daughter of my people, gird [thee] with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, [as for] an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us. |
6:27 | I have set thee [for] a tower [and] a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way. |
6:28 | They [are] all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: [they are] brass and iron; they [are] all corrupters. |
6:29 | The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. |
6:30 | Reprobate silver shall [men] call them, because the LORD hath rejected them. |