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Jeremiah 6

Destruction of Jerusalem Impending

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"Flee for safety, O sons of  aBenjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem! Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa And raise a signal over  1 bBeth-haccerem; For evil looks down from the  cnorth, And a great destruction.

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"The comely and  adainty one,  bthe daughter of Zion, I will cut off.

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aShepherds and their flocks will come to her, They will  bpitch their tents  1around her, They will pasture each in his  2place.

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1 aPrepare war against her; Arise, and let us  2attack at  bnoon. Woe to us, for the day declines, For the shadows of the evening lengthen!

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"Arise, and let us  1attack by night And  adestroy her  2palaces!"

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For thus says the LORD of hosts, " aCut down her trees And cast up a  bsiege against Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished, In whose midst there is only  coppression.

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aAs a well  1keeps its waters fresh, So she  1keeps fresh her wickedness.  bViolence and destruction are heard in her;  cSickness and wounds are ever before Me.

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aBe warned, O Jerusalem, Or  1 bI shall be alienated from you, And make you a desolation, A land not inhabited."

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Thus says the LORD of hosts, "They will  athoroughly glean as the vine the  bremnant of Israel; Pass your hand again like a grape gatherer Over the branches."

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To whom shall I speak and give warning That they may hear? Behold, their  aears are  1closed And they cannot listen. Behold,  bthe word of the LORD has become a reproach to them; They have no delight in it.

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But I am  afull of the wrath of the LORD; I am  bweary with holding it in. " cPour it out on the children in the street And on the  1gathering of young men together; For both husband and wife shall be taken, The aged  2and the very old.

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"Their  ahouses shall be turned over to others, Their fields and their wives together; For I will  bstretch out My hand Against the inhabitants of the land," declares the LORD.

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"For  afrom the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is  bgreedy for gain, And from the prophet even to the priest Everyone  1deals falsely.

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"They have  ahealed the brokenness of My people superficially, Saying, `Peace, peace,' But there is no peace.

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"Were they  aashamed because of the abomination they have done? They were not even ashamed at all; They did not even know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; At the time that I punish them, They shall be cast down," says the LORD.

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Thus says the LORD, "Stand by the ways and see and ask for the  aancient paths, Where the good way is, and walk in it; And  byou will find rest for your souls. But they said, `We will not walk in it.'

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"And I set  awatchmen over you, saying, `Listen to the sound of the trumpet!' But they said, `We will not listen.'

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"Therefore hear, O nations, And know, O congregation, what is among them.

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aHear, O earth: behold, I am bringing disaster on this people, The  bfruit of their  1plans, Because they have not listened to My words, And as for My law, they have  crejected it also.

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aFor what purpose does  bfrankincense come to Me from Sheba And the  1 csweet cane from a distant land?  dYour burnt offerings are not acceptable And your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me."

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Therefore, thus says the LORD, "Behold,  aI am  1laying stumbling blocks before this people. And they will stumble against them,  bFathers and sons together; Neighbor and  2friend will perish."

The Enemy from the North

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Thus says the LORD, "Behold,  aa people is coming from the north land, And a great nation will be aroused from the  bremote parts of the earth.

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"They seize  abow and spear; They are  bcruel and have no mercy; Their voice  croars like the sea, And they ride on horses, Arrayed as a man for the battle Against you, O daughter of Zion!"

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We have  aheard the report of it; Our hands are limp.  bAnguish has seized us, Pain as of a woman in childbirth.

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 aDo not go out into the field And  bdo not walk on the road, For the enemy has a sword,  cTerror is on every side.

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O daughter of my people,  aput on sackcloth And  broll in ashes;  1 cMourn as for an only son, A lamentation most bitter. For suddenly the destroyer Will come upon us.

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"I have  amade you an assayer and a tester among My people, That you may know and assay their way."

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All of them are stubbornly rebellious,  aGoing about as a talebearer. They are  bbronze and iron; They, all of them, are corrupt.

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The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the  awicked are not  1separated.

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 aThey call them rejected silver, Because the  bLORD has rejected them.



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