strkjv@Jeremiah:6:1
@ O ye
children
of
Benjamin
, gather yourselves to
flee
out of the
midst
of
Jerusalem
, and
blow
the
trumpet
in
Tekoa
, and set
up
a
sign
of fire in
Bethhaccerem
Beyth hak-: for
evil
appeareth
out of the
north
, and
great
destruction
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:2
@ I have
likened
the
daughter
of
Zion
to a
comely
and
delicate
woman.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:3
@ The
shepherds
with their
flocks
shall
come
unto her; they shall
pitch
their
tents
against her round
about
; they shall
feed
every
one
in his
place
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:4
@
Prepare
ye
war
against her;
arise
, and let us go
up
at
noon
.
Woe
unto us! for the
day
goeth
away
, for the
shadows
of the
evening
are stretched
out
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:5
@
Arise
, and let us
go
by
night
, and let us
destroy
her
palaces
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:6
@ For thus hath the
LORD
of
hosts
said
, Hew ye
down
trees
, and
cast
a
mount
against
Jerusalem
: this is the
city
to be
visited
; she is wholly
oppression
in the
midst
of her.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:7
@ As a
fountain
casteth
out
her
waters
, so she casteth
out
her
wickedness
:
violence
and
spoil
is
heard
in her; before
me
continually
is
grief
and
wounds
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:8
@ Be thou
instructed
, O
Jerusalem
, lest my
soul
depart
from thee; lest I
make
thee
desolate
, a
land
not
inhabited
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:9
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
of
hosts
, They shall
throughly
glean
the
remnant
of
Israel
as a
vine
: turn
back
thine
hand
as a
grapegatherer
into the
baskets
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:10
@ To whom shall I
speak
, and give
warning
, that they may
hear
? behold, their
ear
is
uncircumcised
, and they
cannot
hearken
: behold, the
word
of the
LORD
is unto them a
reproach
; they have no
delight
in it.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:11
@ Therefore I am
full
of the
fury
of the
LORD
; I am
weary
with holding
in
: I will pour it
out
upon the
children
abroad
, and upon the
assembly
of young
men
together
: for even the
husband
with the
wife
shall be
taken
, the
aged
with him that is
full
of
days
.
strkjv@Jeremiah: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
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:13
@ For from the
least
of them even unto the
greatest
of them every one is
given
to
covetousness
; and from the
prophet
even unto the
priest
every one
dealeth
falsely
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:14
@ They have
healed
also the
hurt
of the
daughter
of my
people
slightly
,
saying
,
Peace
,
peace
; when there is no
peace
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:15
@ Were they
ashamed
when they had
committed
abomination
?
nay
, they were not at
all
ashamed
,
neither
could
they
blush
: therefore they shall
fall
among them that
fall
: at the
time
that I
visit
them they shall be cast
down
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:16
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
,
Stand
ye in the
ways
, and
see
, and
ask
for the
old
paths
, where is the
good
way
, and
walk
therein, and ye shall
find
rest
for your
souls
. But they
said
, We will not
walk
therein.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:17
@ Also I
set
watchmen
over you, saying,
Hearken
to the
sound
of the
trumpet
. But they
said
, We will not
hearken
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:18
@ Therefore
hear
, ye
nations
, and
know
, O
congregation
, what is among them.
strkjv@Jeremiah: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
, nor to my
law
, but
rejected
it.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:20
@ To what purpose
cometh
there to me
incense
from
Sheba
, and the
sweet
cane
from a
far
country
? your burnt
offerings
are not
acceptable
, nor your
sacrifices
sweet
unto me.
strkjv@Jeremiah: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
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:22
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
, Behold, a
people
cometh
from the
north
country
, and a
great
nation
shall be
raised
from the
sides
of the
earth
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:23
@ They shall lay
hold
on
bow
and
spear
; they are
cruel
, and have no
mercy
; their
voice
roareth
like the
sea
; and they
ride
upon
horses
, set in
array
as
men
for
war
against thee, O
daughter
of
Zion
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:24
@ We have
heard
the
fame
thereof: our
hands
wax
feeble
:
anguish
hath taken
hold
of us, and
pain
, as of a woman in
travail
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:25
@ Go not
forth
into the
field
, nor
walk
by the
way
; for the
sword
of the
enemy
and
fear
is on every
side
.
strkjv@Jeremiah: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
spoiler
shall
suddenly
come
upon us.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:27
@ I have
set
thee for a
tower
and a
fortress
among my
people
, that thou mayest
know
and
try
their
way
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:28
@ They are all
grievous
revolters
,
walking
with
slanders
: they are
brass
and
iron
; they are all
corrupters
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:29
@ The
bellows
are
burned
, the
lead
is
consumed
of the
fire
H784; the
founder
melteth
in
vain
: for the
wicked
are not plucked
away
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:30
@
Reprobate
silver
shall men
call
them, because the
LORD
hath
rejected
them.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:1
@ The
word
that came to
Jeremiah
from the
LORD
,
saying
,
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:2
@
Stand
in the
gate
of the
LORDS
house
, and
proclaim
there this
word
, and
say
,
Hear
the
word
of the
LORD
, all ye of
Judah
, that enter
in
at these
gates
to
worship
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:3
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
of
hosts
, the
God
of
Israel
,
Amend
your
ways
and your
doings
, and I will cause you to
dwell
in this
place
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:4
@
Trust
ye not in
lying
words
,
saying
, The
temple
of the
LORD
, The
temple
of the
LORD
, The
temple
of the
LORD
, are these.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:5
@ For if ye
throughly
amend
your
ways
and your
doings
; if ye
throughly
execute
judgment
between a
man
and his
neighbour
;
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:6
@ If ye
oppress
not the
stranger
, the
fatherless
, and the
widow
, and
shed
not
innocent
blood
in this
place
, neither
walk
after
other
gods
to your
hurt
:
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:7
@ Then will I cause you to
dwell
in this
place
, in the
land
that I
gave
to your
fathers
,
for
ever
and
ever
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:8
@ Behold, ye
trust
in
lying
words
, that cannot
profit
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:9
@ Will ye
steal
,
murder
, and commit
adultery
, and
swear
falsely
, and burn
incense
unto
Baal
, and
walk
after
other
gods
whom ye
know
not;
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:10
@ And
come
and
stand
before
me in this
house
, which is
called
by my
name
, and
say
, We are
delivered
to
do
all these
abominations
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:11
@ Is this
house
, which is
called
by my
name
, become a
den
of
robbers
in your
eyes
? Behold, even I have
seen
it,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:12
@ But
go
ye now unto my
place
which was in
Shiloh
, where I
set
my
name
at the
first
, and
see
what I
did
to it
for
the
wickedness
of my
people
Israel
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:13
@ And now, because ye have
done
all these
works
,
saith
the
LORD
, and I
spake
unto you, rising up
early
and
speaking
, but ye
heard
not; and I
called
you, but ye
answered
not;
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:14
@ Therefore will I
do
unto this
house
, which is
called
by my
name
, wherein ye
trust
8802), and unto the
place
which I
gave
to you and to your
fathers
, as I have
done
to
Shiloh
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:15
@ And I will cast you
out
of my
sight
, as I have cast
out
all your
brethren
, even the whole
seed
of
Ephraim
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:16
@ Therefore
pray
not thou for this
people
, neither lift
up
cry
nor
prayer
for
them
b@, neither make
intercession
to me: for I will not
hear
thee.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:17
@
Seest
thou not what they
do
in the
cities
of
Judah
and in the
streets
of
Jerusalem
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:18
@ The
children
gather
wood
, and the
fathers
kindle
the
fire
, and the
women
knead
their
dough
, to
make
cakes
to the
queen
of
heaven
, and to pour
out
drink
offerings
unto
other
gods
, that they may provoke me to
anger
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:19
@ Do they provoke me to
anger
?
saith
the
LORD
: do they not provoke themselves to the
confusion
of their own
faces
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:20
@ Therefore thus
saith
the
Lord
GOD
; Behold, mine
anger
and my
fury
shall be poured
out
upon this
place
, upon
man
, and upon
beast
, and upon the
trees
of the
field
, and upon the
fruit
of the
ground
; and it shall
burn
, and shall not be
quenched
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:21
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
of
hosts
, the
God
of
Israel
;
Put
your burnt
offerings
unto your
sacrifices
, and
eat
flesh
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:22
@ For I
spake
not unto your
fathers
, nor
commanded
them in the
day
that I brought them
out
of the
land
of
Egypt
,
concerning
burnt
offerings
or
sacrifices
:
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:23
@ But this
thing
commanded
I them,
saying
,
Obey
my
voice
, and I will be your
God
, and ye shall be my
people
: and
walk
ye in all the
ways
that I have
commanded
you, that it may be
well
unto you.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:24
@ But they
hearkened
not, nor
inclined
their
ear
, but
walked
in the
counsels
and in the
imagination
of their
evil
heart
, and went
backward
, and not
forward
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:25
@ Since the
day
that your
fathers
came forth
out
of the
land
of
Egypt
unto this
day
I have even
sent
unto you all my
servants
the
prophets
,
daily
rising up
early
and
sending
them:
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:26
@ Yet they
hearkened
not unto me, nor
inclined
their
ear
, but
hardened
their
neck
: they did
worse
than their
fathers
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:27
@ Therefore thou shalt
speak
all these
words
unto them; but they will not
hearken
to thee: thou shalt also
call
unto them; but they will not
answer
thee.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:28
@ But thou shalt
say
unto them, This is a
nation
that
obeyeth
not the
voice
of the
LORD
their
God
, nor
receiveth
correction
:
truth
is
perished
, and is cut
off
from their
mouth
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:29
@ Cut
off
thine
hair
, O Jerusalem, and cast it
away
, and take
up
a
lamentation
on high
places
; for the
LORD
hath
rejected
and
forsaken
the
generation
of his
wrath
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:30
@ For the
children
of
Judah
have
done
evil
in my
sight
,
saith
the
LORD
: they have
set
their
abominations
in the
house
which is
called
by my
name
, to
pollute
it.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:31
@ And they have
built
the high
places
of
Tophet
, which is in the
valley
of the
son
of
Hinnom
, to
burn
their
sons
and their
daughters
in the
fire
; which I
commanded
them not, neither
came
it into my
heart
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:32
@ Therefore, behold, the
days
come
,
saith
the
LORD
, that it shall no more be
called
Tophet
, nor the
valley
of the
son
of
Hinnom
, but the
valley
of
slaughter
: for they shall
bury
in
Tophet
, till there be
no
place
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:33
@ And the
carcases
of this
people
shall be
meat
for the
fowls
of the
heaven
, and for the
beasts
of the
earth
; and none shall fray them
away
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:7:34
@ Then will I cause to
cease
from the
cities
of
Judah
, and from the
streets
of
Jerusalem
, the
voice
of
mirth
, and the
voice
of
gladness
, the
voice
of the
bridegroom
, and the
voice
of the
bride
: for the
land
shall be
desolate
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:8:1
@ At that
time
,
saith
the
LORD
, they shall bring
out
the
bones
of the
kings
of
Judah
, and the
bones
of his
princes
, and the
bones
of the
priests
, and the
bones
of the
prophets
, and the
bones
of the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
, out of their
graves
:
strkjv@Jeremiah:8:2
@ And they shall
spread
them before the
sun
, and the
moon
, and all the
host
of
heaven
, whom they have
loved
, and whom they have
served
, and
after
whom they have
walked
, and whom they have
sought
, and whom they have
worshipped
: they shall not be
gathered
, nor be
buried
; they shall be for
dung
upon the
face
of the
earth
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:8:3
@ And
death
shall be
chosen
rather than
life
by all the
residue
of them that
remain
of this
evil
family
, which
remain
in all the
places
whither I have
driven
them,
saith
the
LORD
of
hosts
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:8:4
@ Moreover thou shalt
say
unto them, Thus
saith
the
LORD
; Shall they
fall
, and not
arise
? shall he turn
away
, and not
return
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:8:5
@ Why then is this
people
of
Jerusalem
slidden
back
by a
perpetual
backsliding
? they
hold
fast
deceit
, they
refuse
to
return
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:8:6
@ I
hearkened
and
heard
, but they spake not
aright
: no
man
repented
him
of
his
wickedness
,
saying
, What have I
done
? every one
turned
to his
course
, as the
horse
rusheth
into the
battle
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:8:7
@ Yea, the
stork
in the
heaven
knoweth
her appointed
times
; and the
turtle
and the
crane
and the
swallow
observe
the
time
of their
coming
; but my
people
know
not the
judgment
of the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:8:8
@ How do ye
say
, We are
wise
, and the
law
of the
LORD
is with us? Lo,
certainly
in
vain
made
he it; the
pen
of the
scribes
is in
vain
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:8:9
@ The
wise
men are
ashamed
, they are
dismayed
and
taken
: lo, they have
rejected
the
word
of the
LORD
; and what
wisdom
is in them?
strkjv@Jeremiah:8:10
@ Therefore will I
give
their
wives
unto
others
, and their
fields
to them that shall
inherit
them: for every one from the
least
even unto the
greatest
is
given
to
covetousness
, from the
prophet
even unto the
priest
every one
dealeth
falsely
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:8:11
@ For they have
healed
the
hurt
of the
daughter
of my
people
slightly
,
saying
,
Peace
,
peace
; when there is no
peace
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:8:12
@ Were they
ashamed
when they had
committed
abomination
? nay, they were not at
all
ashamed
, neither
could
they
blush
: therefore shall they
fall
among them that
fall
: in the
time
of their
visitation
they shall be cast
down
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:8:13
@ I will
surely
consume
them,
saith
the
LORD
: there shall be no
grapes
on the
vine
, nor
figs
on the fig
tree
t@, and the
leaf
shall
fade
; and the things that I have
given
them shall pass
away
from them.
strkjv@Jeremiah:8:14
@ Why do we sit
still
?
assemble
yourselves, and let us
enter
into the
defenced
cities
, and let us be
silent
there: for the
LORD
our
God
hath put us to
silence
, and given us
water
of
gall
to
drink
, because we have
sinned
against the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:8:15
@ We
looked
for
peace
, but no
good
came; and for a
time
of
health
, and behold
trouble
b@!
strkjv@Jeremiah:8:16
@ The
snorting
of his
horses
was
heard
from
Dan
: the whole
land
trembled
at the
sound
of the
neighing
of his strong
ones
; for they are
come
, and have
devoured
the
land
, and
all
that is in it; the
city
, and those that
dwell
therein.
strkjv@Jeremiah:8:17
@ For, behold, I will
send
serpents
,
cockatrices
, among you, which will not be
charmed
, and they shall
bite
you,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:8:18
@ When I would
comfort
myself against
sorrow
, my
heart
is
faint
in me.
strkjv@Jeremiah:8:19
@ Behold the
voice
of the
cry
of the
daughter
of my
people
because of them that dwell in a
far
country
: Is not the
LORD
in
Zion
? is not her
king
in her? Why have they provoked me to
anger
with their graven
images
, and with
strange
vanities
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:8:20
@ The
harvest
is
past
, the
summer
is
ended
, and we are not
saved
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:8:21
@ For the
hurt
of the
daughter
of my
people
am I
hurt
; I am
black
;
astonishment
hath taken
hold
on me.
strkjv@Jeremiah:8:22
@ Is there no
balm
in
Gilead
; is there no
physician
there? why
then
is not the
health
of the
daughter
of my
people
recovered
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:1
@ Oh
that
my
head
were
waters
, and mine
eyes
a
fountain
of
tears
, that I might
weep
day
and
night
for the
slain
of the
daughter
of my
people
!
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