rsv Jeremiah:6:18-30
rsv@Jeremiah:6:18 @ Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O congregation, what will happen to them.
rsv@Jeremiah:6:19 @ Hear, O earth; behold, I am bringing evil upon this people, the fruit of their devices, because they have not given heed to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
rsv@Jeremiah:6:20 @ To what purpose does frankincense come to me from Sheba, or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.
rsv@Jeremiah:6:21 @ Therefore thus says the LORD: `Behold, I will lay before this people stumbling blocks against which they shall stumble; fathers and sons together, neighbor and friend shall perish.'"
rsv@Jeremiah:6:22 @ Thus says the LORD: "Behold, a people is coming from the north country, a great nation is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.
rsv@Jeremiah:6:23 @ They lay hold on bow and spear, they are cruel and have no mercy, the sound of them is like the roaring sea; they ride upon horses, set in array as a man for battle, against you, O daughter of Zion!"
rsv@Jeremiah:6:24 @ We have heard the report of it, our hands fall helpless; anguish has taken hold of us, pain as of a woman in travail.
rsv@Jeremiah:6:25 @ Go not forth into the field, nor walk on the road; for the enemy has a sword, terror is on every side.
rsv@Jeremiah:6:26 @ O daughter of my people, gird on sackcloth, and roll in ashes; make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
rsv@Jeremiah:6:27 @ "I have made you an assayer and tester among my people, that you may know and assay their ways.
rsv@Jeremiah:6:28 @ They are all stubbornly rebellious, going about with slanders; they are bronze and iron, all of them act corruptly.
rsv@Jeremiah:6:29 @ The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed by the fire; in vain the refining goes on, for the wicked are not removed.
rsv@Jeremiah:6:30 @ Refuse silver they are called, for the LORD has rejected them."