Berean Standard Bible

Jeremiah 6:18-30

18ThereforeH3651 hearH8085, O nationsH1471, and learnH3045, O congregationsH5712 , what will happenH834 to them.19HearH8085, O earthH776 ! IH595 am bringingH935 disasterH7451 onH413 thisH2088 peopleH5971, the fruitH6529 of their own schemesH4284, becauseH3588 they have paid noH3808 attentionH7181 toH5921 My wordH1697 and have rejectedH3988 My instructionH8451.20What useH4100 H2088 to Me is frankincenseH3828 from ShebaH7614 H935 or sweetH2896 caneH7070 from a distantH4801 landH776? Your burnt offeringsH5930 are not acceptableH3808 H7522; your sacrificesH2077 do notH3808 pleaseH6149 Me.”

21ThereforeH3651 this is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 H2005 saysH559:

“I will layH5414 stumbling blocksH4383 beforeH413 thisH2088 peopleH5971;fathersH1 and sonsH1121 alikeH3162 will be staggeredH3782;friendsH7453 and neighborsH7934 will perishH6.”

22This is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 saysH559:

“BeholdH2009, an armyH5971 is comingH935from the landH776 of the northH6828;a greatH1419 nationH1471 is stirred upH5782from the endsH3411 of the earthH776.23They graspH2388 the bowH7198 and spearH3591;1theyH1931 are cruelH394 and mercilessH3808 H7355.Their voiceH6963 roarsH1993 like the seaH3220,and they rideH7392 uponH5921 horsesH5483,lined upH6186 like menH376 in formationH4421against youH5921, O DaughterH1323 of ZionH6726.”

24We have heardH8085 the reportH8089;our handsH3027 hang limpH7503.AnguishH6869 has gripped usH2388,painH2427 like that of a woman in laborH3205.25Do notH408 go outH3318 to the fieldsH7704;do notH408 walkH1980 the roadH1870.ForH3588 the enemyH341 has a swordH2719;terrorH4032 is on every sideH5439.26O daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971,dressH2296 yourselves in sackclothH8242 and rollH6428 in ashesH665.MournH60 with bitterH8563 wailingH4553,as you wouldH6213 for an only sonH3173,forH3588 suddenlyH6597 the destroyerH7703will comeH935 upon usH5921.

27“I have appointed youH5414 to examineH969 My peopleH5971 like oreH4013,2so you may knowH3045 and tryH974 their waysH1870.28AllH3605 are hardenedH5637 rebelsH5493,walking aroundH1980 as slanderersH7400.They are bronzeH5178 and ironH1270;allH3605 of them are corruptH7843 H1992.29The bellowsH4647 blow fiercelyH2787,blasting away the leadH5777 with fireH800.The refiningH6884 proceeds in vainH7723,for the wickedH7451 are notH3808 purgedH5423.30They are calledH7121 rejectedH3988 silverH3701,becauseH3588 the LORDH3068 has rejectedH3988 them.”

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