Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 6:1 (show verse)
Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a signal in Beth-haccerem; for evil appeareth out of the north, and a great destruction.
Jeremiah 6:2 (show verse)
The comely and delicate one do I cut off, the daughter of Zion.
Jeremiah 6:3 (show verse)
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.
Jeremiah 6:4 (show verse)
Prepare war against her. Arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day hath declined, for the shadows of the evening are lengthening.
Jeremiah 6:5 (show verse)
Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
Jeremiah 6:6 (show verse)
For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said: Hew ye down trees, and cast a mound against Jerusalem. She is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
Jeremiah 6:7 (show verse)
As a well poureth forth her waters, so she poureth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction are heard in her; before me continually are grief and wounds.
Jeremiah 6:8 (show verse)
Be thou instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 6:9 (show verse)
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: They shall thoroughly glean like a vine the remnant of Israel: turn back thy hand, as a grape-gatherer unto the baskets.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 6:10 (show verse)
To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Circumcision » Figurative
Circumcision » Illustrative of » Readiness to hear and obey
Deafness » Spiritual
Delighting in God » Hypocrites » In heart despise
ears » Of the wicked » Uncircumcised
Message despised » Of the word of God
Rejection » Of Christ » Of the word of God
Rejection » The reward for rejecting the lord
Spiritual » Crowns » Deafness
Word » As weapon » Despised
Circumcision » Illustrative of » Readiness to hear and obey
Deafness » Spiritual
Delighting in God » Hypocrites » In heart despise
ears » Of the wicked » Uncircumcised
Message despised » Of the word of God
Rejection » Of Christ » Of the word of God
Rejection » The reward for rejecting the lord
Spiritual » Crowns » Deafness
Word » As weapon » Despised
Jeremiah 6:11 (show verse)
And I am full of the fury of Jehovah, I am weary with holding in. Pour it out upon the children in the street, 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.
Jeremiah 6:12 (show verse)
And their houses shall be turned unto others, their fields and wives together; for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah.
Jeremiah 6:13 (show verse)
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.
Covetousness » Exemplified
Injustice » Covetousness leads to
Injustice » The wicked » Practice, without shame
Jews, the » National character of » Covetous
Leaders » Support of » Unfaithful ministers, general references to
Ministers » Support of » Unfaithful, general references to
priests » Were sometimes » Unjust
Rejection » The reward for rejecting the lord
Religious » Support of » Unfaithful ministers, general references to
national Sins » Pervade all ranks
Injustice » Covetousness leads to
Injustice » The wicked » Practice, without shame
Jews, the » National character of » Covetous
Leaders » Support of » Unfaithful ministers, general references to
Ministers » Support of » Unfaithful, general references to
priests » Were sometimes » Unjust
Rejection » The reward for rejecting the lord
Religious » Support of » Unfaithful ministers, general references to
national Sins » Pervade all ranks
Jeremiah 6:14 (show verse)
And they have healed the breach of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace! when there is no peace.
Jeremiah 6:15 (show verse)
Are they ashamed that they have committed abomination? Nay, they are not at all ashamed, neither know they what it is to blush. Therefore they shall fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall stumble, saith Jehovah.
Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » Impenitence in, examples of
Blushing » With shame
Conscience » Dead
Impenitence » Examples of
Injustice » The wicked » Practice, without shame
Insecurity of the wicked » Fall of the wicked foretold
Rejection » The reward for rejecting the lord
The wicked » Devices of » Fall of the wicked foretold
Blushing » With shame
Conscience » Dead
Impenitence » Examples of
Injustice » The wicked » Practice, without shame
Insecurity of the wicked » Fall of the wicked foretold
Rejection » The reward for rejecting the lord
The wicked » Devices of » Fall of the wicked foretold
Jeremiah 6:16 (show verse)
Thus saith Jehovah: Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the ancient paths, which is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
The call of God » Rejection of, leads to » Temporal judgments
Rejection » The reward for rejecting the lord
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Refusing to walk in the ways of God
The goodness of the lord » The reward for doing good
Walking » With God » In the old paths
Way » Figurative » Of holiness
Rejection » The reward for rejecting the lord
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Refusing to walk in the ways of God
The goodness of the lord » The reward for doing good
Walking » With God » In the old paths
Way » Figurative » Of holiness
Jeremiah 6:17 (show verse)
Also I have set watchmen over you: Hearken ye to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
Leaders » Preaching » Spiritual watchmen
Ministers » Work of preaching » Spiritual watchmen
Rejection » The reward for rejecting the lord
Religious » Support of unfaithful » Spiritual watchmen
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Watchmen
Trumpet » Used in war
Watchmen » Spiritual
Worldly » Fulness » Spiritual watchmen
Ministers » Work of preaching » Spiritual watchmen
Rejection » The reward for rejecting the lord
Religious » Support of unfaithful » Spiritual watchmen
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Watchmen
Trumpet » Used in war
Watchmen » Spiritual
Worldly » Fulness » Spiritual watchmen
Jeremiah 6:18 (show verse)
Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O assembly, what is among them.
Jeremiah 6:19 (show verse)
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, the fruit of their thoughts; for they have not hearkened unto my words, and as to my law, they have rejected it.
Jeremiah 6:20 (show verse)
To what purpose should there come to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing unto me.
Jeremiah 6:21 (show verse)
Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall over them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
Jeremiah 6:22 (show verse)
Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation is stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Jeremiah 6:23 (show verse)
They 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 a man for the battle, against thee, daughter of Zion.
Jeremiah 6:24 (show verse)
We have heard the report thereof: our hands are grown feeble; anguish hath taken hold of us, pain as of a woman that travaileth.
Jeremiah 6:25 (show verse)
Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for there is the sword of the enemy, terror is on every side.
Jeremiah 6:26 (show verse)
Daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes: make mourning, as for an only son bitter lamentation; for the spoiler cometh suddenly upon us.
Jeremiah 6:27 (show verse)
I have set thee among my people as an assayer, a fortress, that thou mayest know and try their way.
Jeremiah 6:28 (show verse)
They are all the most rebellious of rebels, going about with slander: they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters.
Jeremiah 6:29 (show verse)
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; they have melted, and melted in vain; and the bad are not plucked away.
Jeremiah 6:30 (show verse)
Reprobate silver shall they call them, for Jehovah hath rejected them.
The call of God » Rejection of, leads to » Rejection by God
Silver » Symbolical
Silver » Refining of
Silver » Illustrative » (reprobate,) of the wicked
Silver » Reprobate
national Sins » Denunciations against
Wicked people » Compared with » Reprobate silver
Wicked, the, are compared to » Reprobate silver
Silver » Symbolical
Silver » Refining of
Silver » Illustrative » (reprobate,) of the wicked
Silver » Reprobate
national Sins » Denunciations against
Wicked people » Compared with » Reprobate silver
Wicked, the, are compared to » Reprobate silver