Jeremiah:6

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* 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-Kerem #: for evil appeareth out of the north , and great destruction . * I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman . * 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 . * 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 . * Arise , and let us go by night , and let us destroy her palaces . * 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 . * 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 . * Be thou instructed , O Jerusalem , lest my soul depart from thee ; lest I make thee desolate , a land not inhabited . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly , saying , Peace , peace ; when there is no peace . * Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination tow #ebah #? 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 . * 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 . * Also I set watchmen over you , saying , Hearken to the sound of the trumpet . But they said , We will not hearken . * Therefore hear , ye nations , and know , O congregation , what is among them . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * We have heard the fame thereof : our hands wax feeble : anguish hath taken hold of us , and pain , as of a woman in travail . * Go not forth into the field , nor walk by the way ; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side . * 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 . * I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people , that thou mayest know and try their way . * They are all grievous revolters , walking with slanders : they are brass and iron ; they are all corrupters . * The bellows are burned , the lead is consumed of the fire #H784 ; the founder melteth in vain : for the wicked are not plucked away . * Reprobate silver shall men call them , because the LORD hath rejected them .

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