Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 6:1 (show verse)
Flee for safety, children of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem. And in Tekoa blow a horn, and on Beth-haccherem lift up a signal, for evil looks down from [the] north, and a great destruction.
Jeremiah 6:2 (show verse)
The lovely and the delicate, the daughter of Jerusalem, I will destroy.
Jeremiah 6:3 (show verse)
Shepherds and their flocks will come against her, they will pitch [their] tents against her all around, they will pasture, each his {portion}.
Jeremiah 6:4 (show verse)
{Sanctify} war against her. Arise, and let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the day turns, for [the] shadows of evening are lengthened.
Jeremiah 6:5 (show verse)
Arise, and let us attack by night, and let us destroy her citadel fortresses."
Jeremiah 6:6 (show verse)
For thus says Yahweh of hosts, "Cut down trees and heap up a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This [is] the city that must be punished, its oppression [is] in its midst.
Jeremiah 6:7 (show verse)
As a water well keeps its water cool, so she keeps cool her wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard within her, sickness and wounds [are] continually {before me}.
Jeremiah 6:8 (show verse)
Be warned, Jerusalem, lest I turn away from you in disgust, lest I make you a desolation, a land that is not inhabited."
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Jeremiah 6:9 (show verse)
Thus says Yahweh of hosts: "They will thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine, turn back your hand over [the] branches like a grape-gatherer.
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Jeremiah 6:10 (show verse)
To whom shall I speak and admonish, that they may hear? Look, their ears [are] {closed}, and they are not able to listen attentively. Look, the word of Yahweh is to them an object of scorn, they do not delight in it.
Jeremiah 6:11 (show verse)
But I am full with the wrath of Yahweh, I struggle to hold [it] in. Pour [it] out on [the] children in the street, and on the assemblies of young men at the same time. For even husband with wife will get trapped, [the] old with [him who is] full of days.
Jeremiah 6:12 (show verse)
And their houses will be turned over to others, [their] fields and [their] wives together. For I will stretch out my hand against the inhabitants of the land," {declares} Yahweh.
Jeremiah 6:13 (show verse)
"For from the smallest of them to the greatest of them, {everyone} makes profit for unlawful gain. And from the prophet to the priest, {everyone} practices deceit.
Jeremiah 6:14 (show verse)
And they have treated the wound of my people lightly, {saying}, 'Peace, peace,' but there is no peace.
Jeremiah 6:15 (show verse)
Have they acted ashamed, for they have committed a detestable thing? Not at all, nor were they ashamed; they did not know to feel humiliated. {Therefore} they will fall among [those who] fall at the time I punish them, they will stumble," says Yahweh.
Jeremiah 6:16 (show verse)
Thus says Yahweh: "Stand at [the] roads and look, and ask for [the] ancient paths, where the way of the good [is], and walk in it, and find rest for your inner selves. But they said, 'We will not walk [in it].'
Jeremiah 6:17 (show verse)
And I raised up watchmen over you: 'Listen attentively to [the] sound of a horn.' But they said, 'We will not listen attentively.'
Jeremiah 6:18 (show verse)
{Therefore} hear, O nations, and know, community, {what will happen to them}.
Jeremiah 6:19 (show verse)
Hear, O earth, look, I [am] about to bring disaster to this people, the fruit of their plans, because they have not listened attentively to my words, and my teaching, they have rejected it also.
Jeremiah 6:20 (show verse)
What [is] this to me? Frankincense comes from Sheba, and the precious spice reed from a distant land. Your burnt offerings [are] not {acceptable}, your sacrifices are not pleasing to me."
Jeremiah 6:21 (show verse)
{Therefore} thus says Yahweh: "Look, I [am] about to put before this people stumbling blocks, and they will stumble against them, fathers and children together, neighbor and his friend will perish."
Jeremiah 6:22 (show verse)
Thus says Yahweh: "Look, a people [is] coming from [the] land of [the] north, a great nation is woken up from [the] farthest part of [the] earth.
Jeremiah 6:23 (show verse)
[The] bow and [the] short sword they grasp [are] cruel, and they show no mercy. Their sound roars like the sea, and on horses they ride, drawn up like a man for battle against you, O daughter of Zion."
Jeremiah 6:24 (show verse)
We have heard news of it, our hands grow slack, anxiety has grasped us, pain as a [woman who] gives birth.
Jeremiah 6:25 (show verse)
You must not go out [into] the field, and you must not walk on the road, for {the enemy has a sword}, terror [is] all around.
Jeremiah 6:26 (show verse)
O daughter of my people, gird yourself [with] sackcloth, and roll about in the ashes in mourning, a mourning ceremony [as for] an only child. Make for yourself wailing of bitterness, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
Jeremiah 6:27 (show verse)
"I have made you an assayer among my people, a fortification, so that you may know and put to the test their ways.
Jeremiah 6:28 (show verse)
All of them [are] stubborn rebels, going about [talking] slander. [They are] bronze and iron, they [are] all behaving corruptly.
Jeremiah 6:29 (show verse)
[The] bellows are burned up, lead is consumed by fire. {In vain} {he keeps on refining}, but [the] wicked are not torn apart.
Jeremiah 6:30 (show verse)
{They are called} rejected silver, For Yahweh has rejected them."