Jeremiah:6

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* Flee for safety , ye children of Benjamin , out of the midst of Jerusalem , and blow the trumpet in Tekoa , and set up a signal in Beth-haccerem ; for evil appeareth out of the north , and a great destruction . * The comely and delicate one do I cut off , the daughter of Zion . * 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 . * Prepare war against her . Arise , and let us go up at noon . Woe unto us ! for the day hath declined , for the shadows of the evening are lengthening . * Arise , and let us go up by night , and let us destroy her palaces . * For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said : Hew ye down trees , and cast a mound against Jerusalem . She is the city to be visited ; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her . * As a well poureth forth her waters , so she poureth forth her wickedness : violence and destruction are heard in her ; before me continually are grief and wounds . * Be thou instructed , Jerusalem , lest my soul be alienated from thee ; lest I make thee a desolation , a land not inhabited . * Thus saith Jehovah of hosts : They shall thoroughly glean like a vine the remnant of Israel : turn back thy hand , as a grape-gatherer unto the baskets . * To whom shall I speak and testify , that they may hear ? Behold , their ear is uncircumcised , and they cannot hearken : behold , the word of Jehovah is unto them a reproach ; they have no delight in it . * And I am full of the fury of Jehovah , I am weary with holding in . Pour it out upon the children in the street , 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 . * And their houses shall be turned unto others , [their ] fields and wives together ; for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land , saith Jehovah . * 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 . * And they have healed the breach of the daughter of my people lightly , saying , Peace , peace ! when there is no peace . * Are they ashamed that they have committed abomination ? Nay , they are not at all ashamed , neither know they what it is to blush . Therefore they shall fall among them that fall ; at the time that I visit them they shall stumble , saith Jehovah . * Thus saith Jehovah : Stand in the ways and see , and ask for the ancient paths , which is the good way , and walk therein , and ye shall find rest for your souls . But they said , We will not walk [therein ]. * Also I have set watchmen over you : -- Hearken ye to the sound of the trumpet . But they said , We will not hearken . * Therefore hear , ye nations , and know , O assembly , what is among them . * Hear , O earth : behold , I will bring evil upon this people , the fruit of their thoughts ; for they have not hearkened unto my words , and as to my law , they have rejected it . * To what purpose should there come to me incense from Sheba , and the sweet cane from a far country ? Your burnt-offerings are not acceptable , nor are your sacrifices pleasing unto me . * Therefore thus saith Jehovah : Behold , I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people , and the fathers and the sons together shall fall over them ; the neighbour and his friend shall perish . * Thus saith Jehovah : Behold , a people cometh from the north country , and a great nation is stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth . * They 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 a man for the battle , against thee , daughter of Zion . * We have heard the report thereof : our hands are grown feeble ; anguish hath taken hold of us , pain as of a woman that travaileth . * Go not forth into the field , nor walk by the way ; for [there is ] the sword of the enemy , terror is on every side . * Daughter of my people , gird thee with sackcloth , and roll thyself in ashes : make mourning , [as ] for an only son -- bitter lamentation ; for the spoiler cometh suddenly upon us . * I have set thee among my people as an assayer , a fortress , that thou mayest know and try their way . * They are all the most rebellious of rebels , going about with slander : they are bronze and iron ; they are all corrupters . * The bellows are burned , the lead is consumed by the fire ; they have melted , and melted in vain ; and the bad are not plucked away . * Reprobate silver shall they call them , for Jehovah hath rejected them .

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