Jeremiah (KJV) 6
6 O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves
to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set
up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and
great destruction.
2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a
comely and delicate woman.
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.
4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let
us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the
evening are stretched out.
5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us
destroy her palaces.
6 For thus hath the Lord of hosts said, Hew ye
down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited;
she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
7 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she
casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me
continually is grief and wounds.
8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my
soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
9 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall
throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a
grapegatherer into the baskets.
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.
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 days.
12 And their houses shall be turned unto
others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand
upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord.
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.
14 They have healed also the hurt of the
daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
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 time that I visit them
they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
16 Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways,
and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein,
and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying,
Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O
congregation, what is among them.
19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil
upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not
hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
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.
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.
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 earth.
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.
24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands
wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the
way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
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.
27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress
among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
28 They are all grievous revolters, walking
with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed
of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
30 Reprobate silver shall men call them,
because the Lord hath rejected them.
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