Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 6:1 (show verse)
Take your goods into safety, ye sons of Benjamin out of the midst of Jerusalem, And in Tekoa, blow ye a horn, And on Beth-haccherem, raise a fire-signal, - For calamity, hath looked out from the North, Even a great destruction.
Jeremiah 6:2 (show verse)
To a comely and delicate woman, have I likened the daughter of Zion:
Jeremiah 6:3 (show verse)
Against her, shall come shepherds with their flocks; They have pitched against her their tents, round about, They tend their flocks every one near at hand.
Jeremiah 6:4 (show verse)
Hallow ye against her a war, Arise! and let us go up in broad noon. Woe to us, for the day, hath turned, for the shadows of evening, stretch along.
Jeremiah 6:5 (show verse)
Arise! and let us go up in the night, And let us destroy her palaces.
Jeremiah 6:6 (show verse)
For, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Cut ye down timber, And cast up, against Jerusalem a mound, - That, is the city to be punished! There is, nothing, but oppression in her midst;
Jeremiah 6:7 (show verse)
Like the casting forth by a wall of its waters, So, hath she cast forth her wickedness, - Violence and destruction, are heard in her, Before my face, continually, are suffering and smiting.
Jeremiah 6:8 (show verse)
Receive thou correction O Jerusalem, Lest my soul be torn from thee, - Lest I make thee A desolation, A land not habitable.
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Jeremiah 6:9 (show verse)
Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean as a vine the remnant of Israel - Turn back thy hand, as a grape gatherer over the tendrils.
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Jeremiah 6:10 (show verse)
Unto whom, can I speak - and bear witness, that they may hear? Lo! uncircumcised, is their ear, that they cannot attend, - Lo! the word of Yahweh, hath become to them a reproach, they take no delight therein.
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)
So then with the indignation of Yahweh, am I full I am too weary to hold it in, am constrained to pour it out, upon the boy in the street, and upon the circle of young men, together, - For, even husband with wife, will be captured, The eider with him who is full of days;
Jeremiah 6:12 (show verse)
And their houses shall be turned over to others, Fields and wives together, - For I will stretch out my hand against the inhabitants of the land, Declareth Yahweh.
Jeremiah 6:13 (show verse)
For, from the least of them, even unto the greatest of them, Every one, graspeth with greed, - 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 so they have healed the grievous wound of my people, slightly, Saying, Peace, peace, when there was no peace,
Jeremiah 6:15 (show verse)
Were they led to turn pale because an abominable thing, they had done! Nay! they did not, at all turn pale, Nay! they did not so much as know how, to exhibit shame, Therefore, shall they fall among them who are falling, In the time when I punish them, shall they be overthrown, Saith Yahweh.
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 Yahweh - Stand ye at the ways - and see, And ask for the paths of age-past times, Where is the good way? And walk therein, And ye shall find rest to 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)
Therefore will I raise up over you, watchmen, Give ye heed to the sound of a horn, - But they said, We will not give heed!
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 O ye nations, - And take knowledge O assembly, Of that which befalleth them:
Jeremiah 6:19 (show verse)
Hear thou - O earth, Lo! I, am bringing in Calamity against this people the fruit of their own devices, - For unto my words, have they not given heed, And as for my law, they have rejected it.
Jeremiah 6:20 (show verse)
What then is it to me that - Frankincense from Shebah come in, or Sweet cane from a land afar off? Your own ascending-offerings, are not acceptable, Nor are, your sacrifices, pleasing to me.
Jeremiah 6:21 (show verse)
Wherefore, Thus, saith Yahweh, Behold me! laying before this people, stumblingblocks, - And fathers and sons together, shall stumble against them, The neighbour and his friend, shall perish.
Jeremiah 6:22 (show verse)
Thus, saith Yahweh, Lo! a people coming in from the land of the North, - Yea a great nation, shall be stirred up out of the remote parts of the earth:
Jeremiah 6:23 (show verse)
Bow and javelin, shall they grasp, Cruel, is he! So they will not have compassion, Their voice, like the sea, will roar, And on horses, will they ride, - Arrayed each one, like a man for battle, Against thee, O daughter of Zion!
Jeremiah 6:24 (show verse)
We have heard the report thereof, Relaxed are our hands, - Anguish, hath taken hold on us, Pangs, as on her that is giving birth.
Jeremiah 6:25 (show verse)
Do not go out into the field, And in the road, do not walk,-Because a sword, hath the foe, - Terror round about!
Jeremiah 6:26 (show verse)
O daughter of my people Gird thee with sackcloth and roll thyself in ashes, - The mourning for an only son, make thou for thyself, Most bitter lamentation! For suddenly, shall the destroyer come upon us.
Jeremiah 6:27 (show verse)
An assayer, have I set thee amongst my people, of gold-ore, - That thou mayest note and try their way:
Jeremiah 6:28 (show verse)
They all, are rebels of rebels, Slander-walkers They are bronze and iron! As for them all, corrupters, they are!
Jeremiah 6:29 (show verse)
Scorched are the bellows, By fire, is lead wont to be, consumed, - In vain, hath he gone on refining, For the wicked, have not been drawn out:
Jeremiah 6:30 (show verse)
Rejected silver, are they called, For, Yahweh, 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