Jubilee2000 - Jeremiah - 6

6:1  O ye sons of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem and blow the shofar in Tekoa and set up as a sign smoke in Bethhaccerem; for evil appears out of the north [wind] and great destruction.

6:2  I shall liken the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate [woman].

6:3  The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch [their] tents against her round about; they shall feed each one his portion.

6:4  Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up towards the south. Woe unto us! for the day goes away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

6:5  Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

6:6  For thus hath the LORD of the hosts said, Hew ye down trees and cast a mount against Jerusalem; this [is] the city that all of her is to be visited; [there is] violence in the midst of her.

6:7  As the waters never cease to flow from a fountain, so her wickedness never ceases to flow; injustice and robbery is heard in her; in my presence continually, sickness and wounds.

6:8  Chastise Jerusalem lest peradventure my soul be disjointed from thee, lest peradventure I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.

6:9  Thus hath the LORD of the hosts said, They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine; turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.

6:10  To whom shall I speak, and give warning that they may hear? behold, their ears [are] uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken, behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

6:11  Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I have worked hard to hold myself in from pouring it out upon the children in the street, and upon the assembly of young men together; for the husband with the wife shall also be taken, the aged with [him that is] full of days.

6:12  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.

6:13  For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them each one [is] given to greed; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one deals falsely.

6:14  They treat also the destruction [of the daughter] of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace; when [there is] no peace.

6:15  Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? no, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush; therefore, they shall fall among those that shall fall: at the time [that] I visit them they shall fall, saith the LORD.

6:16  Thus hath the LORD said, Stand ye in the ways and see and ask for the old paths, where the good way [is] and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein].

6:17  Also I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the shofar. But they said, We will not hearken.

6:18  Therefore hear, ye Gentiles, and know, O congregation of [Gentiles].

6:19  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, and they hated my law.

6:20  To what purpose does this incense come to me from Sheba and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings [are] not according to my will, nor [are] your sacrifices sweet unto me.

6:21  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.

6:22  Thus hath the LORD said, Behold, a people come from the land of the north [wind], and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.

6:23  They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they [are] cruel, and they shall have no mercy; their voice shall roar like the sea; and they shall ride upon horses set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.

6:24  We have heard the fame thereof; our hands wax feeble; anguish has taken hold of us, [and] pain as of a woman in travail.

6:25  Do not go forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy [and] fear [is] on every side.

6:26  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 destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.

6:27  I have set thee [for] a tower [and] a fortress among my people; thou shalt know and examine their way.

6:28  They [are] all rebellious princes; they walk with deception: [they are] brass and iron; they [are] all corrupters.

6:29  The bellows are burned; the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melts in vain; for the wicked are not plucked away.

6:30  Reprobate silver shall [men] call them because the LORD has rejected them.: