Jeremiah:6
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O you children of Benjamin ,
gather yourselves to flee out of the middle of Jerusalem ,
and blow the trumpet in Tekoa ,
and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem :
for evil appears out of the north ,
and great destruction .
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I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman .
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The shepherds with their flocks shall come to her ;
they shall pitch their tents against her round about ;
they shall feed every one in his place .
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Prepare you war against her ;
arise ,
and let us go up at noon .
Woe to us !
for the day goes away ,
for the shadows of the evening are stretched out .
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Arise ,
and let us go by night ,
and let us destroy her palaces .
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For thus has the LORD of hosts said ,
Hew you down trees ,
and cast a mount against Jerusalem :
this is the city to be visited ;
she is wholly oppression in the middle of her .
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As a fountain casts out her waters ,
so she casts out her wickedness :
violence and spoil is heard in her ;
before me continually is grief and wounds .
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Be you instructed ,
O Jerusalem ,
lest my soul depart from you ;
lest I make you desolate ,
a land not inhabited .
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Thus said the LORD of hosts ,
They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine :
turn back your hand as a grape gatherer into the baskets .
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To whom shall I speak ,
and give warning ,
that they may hear ?
behold ,
their ear is uncircumcised ,
and they cannot listen :
behold ,
the word of the LORD is to them a reproach ;
they have no delight in it .
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Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD ;
I am weary with holding in :
I will pour it out on the children abroad ,
and on 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 .
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And their houses shall be turned to others ,
with their fields and wives together :
for I will stretch out my hand on the inhabitants of the land ,
said the LORD .
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For from the least of them even to the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness ;
and from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely .
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They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly ,
saying ,
Peace ,
peace ;
when there is no peace .
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Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination ?
no ,
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 ,
said the LORD .
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Thus said the LORD ,
Stand you in the ways ,
and see ,
and ask for the old paths ,
where is the good way ,
and walk therein ,
and you shall find rest for your souls .
But they said ,
We will not walk therein .
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Also I set watchmen over you ,
saying ,
Listen to the sound of the trumpet .
But they said ,
We will not listen .
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Therefore hear ,
you nations ,
and know ,
O congregation ,
what is among them .
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Hear ,
O earth :
behold ,
I will bring evil on this people ,
even the fruit of their thoughts ,
because they have not listened to my words ,
nor to my law ,
but rejected it .
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To what purpose comes there to me incense from Sheba ,
and the sweet cane from a far country ?
your burnt offerings are not acceptable ,
nor your sacrifices sweet to me .
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Therefore thus said the LORD ,
Behold ,
I will lay stumbling blocks before this people ,
and the fathers and the sons together shall fall on them ;
the neighbor and his friend shall perish .
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Thus said the LORD ,
Behold ,
a people comes from the north country ,
and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth .
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They shall lay hold on bow and spear ;
they are cruel ,
and have no mercy ;
their voice roars like the sea ;
and they ride on horses ,
set in array as men for war against you ,
O daughter of Zion .
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We have heard the fame thereof :
our hands wax feeble :
anguish has taken hold of us ,
and pain ,
as of a woman in travail .
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Go not forth into the field ,
nor walk by the way ;
for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side .
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O daughter of my people ,
gird you with sackcloth ,
and wallow yourself in ashes :
make you mourning ,
as for an only son ,
most bitter lamentation :
for the spoiler shall suddenly come on us .
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I have set you for a tower and a fortress among my people ,
that you may know and try their way .
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They are all grievous rebels ,
walking with slanders :
they are brass and iron ;
they are all corrupters .
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The bellows are burned ,
the lead is consumed of the fire ;
the founder melts in vain :
for the wicked are not plucked away .
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Reprobate silver shall men call them ,
because the LORD has rejected them .