Berean Standard Bible

Jeremiah 6:18-30

18Therefore hear, O nations, and learn, O congregations, what will happen to them.19Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.20What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”

21Therefore this is what the LORD says:

“I will lay stumbling blocks before this people;fathers and sons alike will be staggered;friends and neighbors will perish.”

22This is what the LORD says:

“Behold, an army is comingfrom the land of the north;a great nation is stirred upfrom the ends of the earth.23They grasp the bow and spear;1they are cruel and merciless.Their voice roars like the sea,and they ride upon horses,lined up like men in formationagainst you, O Daughter of Zion.”

24We have heard the report;our hands hang limp.Anguish has gripped us,pain like that of a woman in labor.25Do not go out to the fields;do not walk the road.For the enemy has a sword;terror is on every side.26O daughter of my people,dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes.Mourn with bitter wailing,as you would for an only son,for suddenly the destroyerwill come upon us.

27“I have appointed you to examine My people like ore,2so you may know and try their ways.28All are hardened rebels,walking around as slanderers.They are bronze and iron;all of them are corrupt.29The bellows blow fiercely,blasting away the lead with fire.The refining proceeds in vain,for the wicked are not purged.30They are called rejected silver,because the LORD has rejected them.”

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1. Jeremiah 6:23 Or javelin ↩
2. Jeremiah 6:27 Or to examine My people, a fortress ↩

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