nkjv Jeremiah:6:1-22-26 SEEK
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O you children of Benjamin ,
Gather yourselves to flee from the midst of Jerusalem !
Blow the trumpet in Tekoa ,
And set up a signal-fire in Beth Haccerem ;
For disaster appears out of the north ,
And great destruction .
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I have likened the daughter of Zion To a lovely and delicate woman .
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The shepherds with their flocks shall come to her .
They shall pitch their tents against her all around .
Each one shall pasture in his own place ."
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Prepare 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 lengthening .
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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 : "
Cut down trees ,
And build a mound against Jerusalem .
This is the city to be punished .
She is full of oppression in her midst .
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As a fountain wells up with water ,
So she wells up with her wickedness .
Violence and plundering are heard in her .
Before Me continually are grief and wounds .
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Be instructed ,
O Jerusalem ,
Lest My soul depart from you ;
Lest I make you desolate ,
A land not inhabited ."
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Thus says the LORD of hosts : "
They shall thoroughly glean as a vine the remnant of Israel ;
As a grape-gatherer ,
put your hand back into the branches ."
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To whom shall I speak and give warning ,
That they may hear ?
Indeed their ear is uncircumcised ,
And they cannot give heed .
Behold ,
the word of the LORD is a reproach to them ;
They have no delight in it .
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Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD .
I am weary of holding it in . "
I will pour it out on the children outside ,
And on the assembly of young men together ;
For even the husband shall be taken with the wife ,
The aged with him who is full of days .
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And their houses shall be turned over to others ,
Fields and wives together ;
For I will stretch out My hand Against the inhabitants of the land ,"
says the LORD .
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Because from the least of them even to the greatest of them ,
Everyone is given to covetousness ;
And from the prophet even to the priest ,
Everyone deals falsely .
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They have also healed the hurt 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 ;
Nor did they know how to blush .
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall ;
At the time I punish them ,
They shall be cast down ,"
says the LORD .
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Thus says the LORD : "
Stand in the ways and see ,
And ask for the old paths ,
where the good way is ,
And walk in it ;
Then you will find rest for your souls .
But they said , "
We will not walk in it .'
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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 certainly bring calamity on this people --
The fruit of their thoughts ,
Because they have not heeded My words Nor My law ,
but rejected it .
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For what purpose to Me Comes frankincense from Sheba ,
And sweet cane from a far country ?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable ,
Nor your sacrifices sweet to Me ."
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Therefore thus says 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 says the LORD : "
Behold ,
a people comes from the north country ,
And a great nation will be raised from the farthest parts of the earth .