| Jer. 6:1 |
Seek refuge, O children of Benjamin, / From the midst of Jerusalem; / And blow the trumpet in Tekoa / And raise up a signal on Beth-haccerem; / For evil looks down from the north, / And great destruction. |
| Jer. 6:2 |
The comely and delicate one, / The daughter of Zion, I will cut off. |
| Jer. 6:3 |
Shepherds will come to her / With their flocks; / They will pitch tents against her all around; / They will feed each one in his place. |
| Jer. 6:4 |
Prepare war against her; / Rise up, and let us go up at noon. / Woe to us, for the day has declined, / For the shadows of evening are lengthening. |
| Jer. 6:5 |
Rise up, and let us go up at night / And destroy her palaces. |
| Jer. 6:6 |
For thus says Jehovah of hosts, / Cut down her trees and build up / A mound against Jerusalem. / This is the city to be punished; / In her midst there is only oppression. |
| Jer. 6:7 |
As a cistern keeps its waters fresh, / So she has kept her wickedness fresh. / Violence and destruction are heard in her; / Sickness and wounds are always before Me. |
| Jer. 6:8 |
Be admonished, O Jerusalem, / Lest My desire for you depart, / Lest I make you a desolation, / An uninhabited land. |
| Jer. 6:9 |
Thus says Jehovah of hosts, / They will thoroughly glean like a vine / The remnant of Israel; / Pass your hand again over the branches / Like a grape gatherer. |
| Jer. 6:10 |
To whom shall I speak and testify, / That they may hear? / Indeed, their ear is uncircumcised, / And they are unable to listen. / See, the word of Jehovah has become a reproach to them; / They have no delight in it. |
| Jer. 6:11 |
Yet I am full of the wrath of Jehovah; / I am weary of holding [it] in. / Pour [it] out upon the children in the street / And upon the assembly of the young men together; / For even the husband with the wife will be taken; / The old man, with the one who is full of days. |
| Jer. 6:12 |
And their houses will be turned over to others, / Fields and wives together; / For I will stretch out My hand / Over the inhabitants of the land, / Declares Jehovah. |
| Jer. 6:13 |
For from the least of them to the greatest of them, / Everyone is wresting unjust gain; / And from the prophet to the priest, / Everyone is dealing falsely. |
| Jer. 6:14 |
And they have healed / The brokenness of My people slightly, / Saying, Peace, peace; / Although there is no peace. |
| Jer. 6:15 |
Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? / They were not at all ashamed; / They did not even know to blush. / Therefore they will fall with those who fall; / At the time I punish them, they will stumble, / Says Jehovah. |
| Jer. 6:16 |
Thus says Jehovah, / Stand by the ways and see, / And ask for the ancient paths; / [Ask] 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.] |
| Jer. 6:17 |
So I set watchmen over you, [saying,] / Listen to the sound of the trumpet. / But they said, We will not listen. |
| Jer. 6:18 |
Therefore hear, O nations, / And understand, O assembly, / What [I will do] to them. |
| Jer. 6:19 |
Listen, O earth; I am now bringing evil / On this people, / The fruit of their thoughts; / Because they have not listened to My words, / And they have also rejected My law. |
| Jer. 6:20 |
For what purpose does frankincense come to Me from Sheba, / And sweet cane from a distant land? / Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, / And your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me. |
| Jer. 6:21 |
Therefore thus says Jehovah, / I am now laying before this people stumbling blocks, / And fathers and sons together / Will stumble against them; / A neighbor and his friend will perish. |
| Jer. 6:22 |
Thus says Jehovah, / See, a people is coming from the land of the north, / And a great nation is stirring from the uttermost parts of the earth. |
| Jer. 6:23 |
They grasp bow and spear; / They are cruel and have no mercy; / Their voice roars like the sea; / And they ride upon horses, / Set in array as a man for battle / Against you, O daughter of Zion. |
| Jer. 6:24 |
We have heard its report; / Our hands are feeble; / Distress has seized us, / Pain like a woman in childbirth. |
| Jer. 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. |
| Jer. 6:26 |
O daughter of my people, gird yourself in sackcloth / And roll in ashes; / Mourn [as] for an only son, / A most bitter wailing; / For suddenly the destroyer / Will come upon us. |
| Jer. 6:27 |
I have set you as a trier among My people, as a fortress, / That you may know and try their way. |
| Jer. 6:28 |
All of them are most rebellious, / Going about as slanderers; / They are bronze and iron; / All of them act corruptly. |
| Jer. 6:29 |
The bellows are burned; / The lead is consumed by the fire; / The refining continues in vain, / For the wicked are not removed. |
| Jer. 6:30 |
[Men] will call them rejected silver, / Because Jehovah has rejected them. |