Jeremiah 6

1Flee for safety, ye children of BenjaminH1144, out of the midstH7130 of JerusalemH3389, and blowH8628 the trumpetH7782 in TekoaH8620, and set up a signal in Beth-haccerem; for evilH7451 appeareth out of the northH6828, and a greatH1419 destructionH7667. 2The comely and delicate one do I cut off, the daughterH1323 of ZionH6726. 3ShepherdsH7462 with their flocksH5739 shall comeH935 unto her; they shall pitchH8628 [their] tentsH168 against her roundH5439 about; they shall feedH7462 every oneH376 in his place. 4Prepare warH4421 against her. AriseH6965, and let us goH5927 up at noonH6672. WoeH188 unto us! for the dayH3117 hath declined, for the shadows of the eveningH6153 are lengthening. 5AriseH6965, and let us goH5927 up by nightH3915, and let us destroyH7843 her palaces. 6For thusH3541 hath Jehovah of hostsH6635 saidH559: Hew ye downH3772 trees, and cast a mound against JerusalemH3389. She is the cityH5892 to be visitedH6485; she is wholly oppressionH6233 in the midstH7130 of her. 7As a well poureth forth her watersH4325, so she poureth forth her wickednessH7451: violenceH2555 and destructionH7701 are heardH8085 in her; before me continuallyH8548 are grief and woundsH4347. 8Be thou instructedH3256, JerusalemH3389, lestH6435 my soulH5315 be alienated from thee; lestH6435 I makeH7760 thee a desolationH8077, a landH776 not inhabitedH3427. 9ThusH3541 saith Jehovah of hostsH6635: They shall thoroughly glean like a vineH1612 the remnantH7611 of IsraelH3478: turnH7725 backH7725 thy handH3027, as a grape-gatherer unto the baskets. 10To whom shall I speakH1696 and testify, that they may hearH8085? Behold, their earH241 is uncircumcisedH6189, and they cannot hearken: behold, the wordH1697 of Jehovah is unto them a reproachH2781; they have no delightH2654 in it. 11And I am fullH4392 of the fury of Jehovah, I am wearyH3811 with holdingH3557 in. PourH8210 it out upon the childrenH5768 in the streetH2351, and upon the assembly of youngH970 menH376 togetherH3162: for even the husbandH376 with the wifeH802 shall be takenH3920; the aged with him [that is] fullH4392 of daysH3117. 12And their housesH1004 shall be turnedH5437 unto othersH312, [their] fieldsH7704 and wivesH802 togetherH3162; for I will stretchH5186 out my handH3027 upon the inhabitantsH3427 of the landH776, saith Jehovah. 13For from the least of them even unto the greatestH1419 of them, every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophetH5030 even unto the priestH3548, every one dealeth falsely. 14And they have healedH7495 the breach of the daughter of my peopleH5971 lightly, sayingH559, PeaceH7965, peaceH7965! when there is no peaceH7965. 15Are they ashamedH954 that they have committed abominationH8441? Nay, they are not at all ashamedH954, neither knowH3045 they what it is to blush. ThereforeH3651 they shall fallH5307 among them that fallH5307; at the timeH6256 that I visitH6485 them they shall stumbleH3782, saith Jehovah. 16ThusH3541 saith Jehovah: StandH5975 in the waysH1870 and seeH7200, and askH7592 for the ancient pathsH5410, which is the goodH2896 wayH1870, and walk therein, and ye shall findH4672 rest for your soulsH5315. But they saidH559, We will not walk [therein]. 17Also I have setH6965 watchmenH6822 over you: — Hearken ye to the soundH6963 of the trumpetH7782. But they saidH559, We will not hearken. 18ThereforeH3651 hearH8085, ye nationsH1471, and knowH3045, O assemblyH5712, what is among them. 19HearH8085, O earthH776: behold, I will bringH935 evilH7451 upon this peopleH5971, the fruitH6529 of their thoughtsH4284; for they have not hearkened unto my wordsH1697, and as to my lawH8451, they have rejectedH3988 it. 20To what purpose should there comeH935 to me incense from ShebaH7614, and the sweet caneH7070 from a far country? Your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor are your sacrificesH2077 pleasingH6149 unto me. 21ThereforeH3651 thusH3541 saith Jehovah: Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this peopleH5971, and the fathersH1 and the sonsH1121 togetherH3162 shall fall over them; the neighbour and his friendH7453 shall perishH6. 22ThusH3541 saith Jehovah: Behold, a peopleH5971 cometh from the northH6828 country, and a greatH1419 nationH1471 is stirredH5782 up from the uttermost partsH3411 of the earthH776. 23They lay holdH2388 on bowH7198 and spear; they are cruelH394, and have no mercyH7355; their voiceH6963 roareth like the seaH3220; and they rideH7392 upon horsesH5483, set in array as a manH376 for the battleH4421, against thee, daughterH1323 of ZionH6726. 24We have heardH8085 the reportH8089 thereof: our handsH3027 are grown feeble; anguishH2427 hath takenH2388 holdH2388 of us, pain as of a woman that travaileth. 25GoH3318 not forthH3318 into the fieldH7704, nor walk by the wayH1870; for [there is] the swordH2719 of the enemyH341, terrorH4032 is on every side. 26DaughterH1323 of my peopleH5971, girdH2296 thee with sackclothH8242, and rollH6428 thyself in ashesH665: makeH6213 mourningH60, [as] for an onlyH3173 sonH3173 — bitter lamentation; for the spoiler cometh suddenlyH6597 upon us. 27I have setH5414 thee among my peopleH5971 as an assayer, a fortressH4013, that thou mayest knowH3045 and try their wayH1870. 28They are all the most rebelliousH5637 of rebelsH5637, goingH1980 about with slander: they are bronzeH5178 and ironH1270; they are all corrupters. 29The bellows are burnedH2787, the leadH5777 is consumed by the fire; they have melted, and melted in vain; and the badH7451 are not plucked awayH5423. 30Reprobate silverH3701 shall they callH7121 them, for Jehovah hath rejectedH3988 them.