ASV_Strong : Jeremiah 6
1. Flee[H5756] for safety[H1121], ye children of Benjamin[H1144], out of the midst[H7130] of Jerusalem[H3389], and blow[H8628] the trumpet[H7782] in Tekoa[H8620], and raise up[H5375] a signal[H4864] on Beth-haccherem[H1021]; for evil[H7451] looketh[H8259] forth from the north[H6828], and a great[H1419] destruction[H7667].
2. The[H1820] comely[H5116] and delicate[H6026] one[H1323], the daughter of Zion[H6726], will I cut off.
3. Shepherds[H7462] with their flocks[H5739] shall come[H935] unto her[H8628]; they shall pitch their tents[H168] against her round about[H5439]; they shall feed[H7462] every one[H376] in his place[H3027].
4. Prepare[H6942] ye war[H4421] against her[H6965]; arise, and let us go up[H5927] at noon[H6672]. Woe[H188] unto us[H3117]! for the day declineth[H6437], for the shadows[H6752] of the evening[H6153] are stretched out[H5186].
5. Arise[H6965], and let us go[H5927] up by night[H3915], and let us destroy[H7843] her palaces[H759].
6. For thus hath Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] said[H559], Hew ye down[H3772] trees[H6097], and cast[H8210] up a mound[H5550] against Jerusalem[H3389]: this is the city[H5892] to be visited[H6485]; she is wholly oppression[H6233] in the midst of her[H7130].
7. As a well[H953] casteth forth[H6979] its waters[H4325], so she casteth forth[H6979] her wickedness[H7451]: violence[H2555] and destruction[H7701] is heard[H8085] in her[H6440]; before me continually[H8548] is sickness[H2483] and wounds[H4347].
8. Be thou instructed[H3256], O Jerusalem[H3389], lest my soul[H5315] be alienated[H3363] from thee[H7760]; lest I make thee a desolation[H8077], a land[H776] not inhabited[H3427].
9. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], They shall thoroughly[H5953] glean[H5953] the remnant[H7611] of Israel[H3478] as a vine[H1612]: turn again[H7725] thy hand[H3027] as a grape-gatherer[H1219] into the baskets[H5552].
10. To whom shall I speak[H1696] and testify[H1696], that they may hear[H8085]? behold[H241], their ear is uncircumcised[H6189], and they cannot[H3201] hearken[H7181]: behold[H1697], the word of Jehovah[H3068] is become unto them a reproach[H2781]; they have no delight in it[H2654].
11. Therefore I am full[H4392] of the wrath[H2534] of Jehovah[H3068]; I am weary[H3811] with holding in[H3557]: pour it out[H8210] upon the children[H5768] in the street[H2351], and upon the assembly[H5475] of young men[H970] together[H3162]; for even the husband[H376] with the wife[H802] shall be taken[H3920], the aged[H2205] with him that is full[H4390] of days[H3117].
12. And their houses[H1004] shall be turned[H5437] unto others[H312], their fields[H7704] and their wives[H802] together[H3162]; for I will stretch out[H5186] my hand[H3027] upon the inhabitants[H3427] of the land[H776], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068].
13. For from the least[H6996] of them even unto the greatest[H1419] of them every one is given[H1214] to covetousness[H1215]; and from the prophet[H5030] even unto the priest[H3548] every one dealeth[H6213] falsely[H8267].
14. They have healed[H7495] also the hurt[H7667] of my people[H5971] slightly[H7043], saying[H559], Peace[H7965], peace[H7965]; when there is no peace[H7965].
15. Were they ashamed[H3001] when they had committed[H6213] abomination[H8441]? nay[H1571], they were not at all[H954] ashamed[H954], neither[H1571] could[H3045] they blush[H3637]: therefore they shall fall[H5307] among them that fall[H5307]; at the time[H6256] that I visit[H6485] them they shall be cast down[H3782], saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068].
16. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Stand[H5975] ye in the ways[H1870] and see[H7200], and ask[H7592] for the old[H5769] paths[H5410], where is the good[H2896] way[H1870]; and walk[H3212] therein[H4672], and ye shall find rest[H4771] for your souls[H5315]: but they said[H559], We will not walk therein[H3212].
17. And I set[H6965] watchmen[H6822] over you[H7181], saying, Hearken to the sound[H6963] of the trumpet[H7782]; but they said[H559], We will not hearken[H7181].
18. Therefore hear[H8085], ye nations[H1471], and know[H3045], O congregation[H5712], what is among them.
19. Hear[H8085], O earth[H776]: behold[H935], I will bring evil[H7451] upon this people[H5971], even the fruit[H6529] of their thoughts[H4284], because they have not hearkened[H7181] unto my words[H1697]; and as for my law[H8451], they have rejected it[H3988].
20. To what purpose cometh[H935] there to me frankincense[H3828] from Sheba[H7614], and the sweet[H2896] cane[H7070] from a far[H4801] country[H776]? your burnt-offerings[H5930] are not acceptable[H7522], nor your sacrifices[H2077] pleasing unto me[H6149].
21. Therefore thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Behold[H5414], I will lay stumbling-blocks[H4383] before this people[H5971]; and the fathers[H1] and the sons[H1121] together[H3162] shall stumble[H3782] against them[H7934]; the neighbor and his friend[H7453] shall perish[H6].
22. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Behold[H5971], a people cometh[H935] from the north[H6828] country[H776]; and a great[H1419] nation[H1471] shall be stirred[H5782] up from the uttermost parts[H3411] of the earth[H776].
23. They lay hold[H2388] on bow[H7198] and spear[H3591]; they are cruel[H394], and have no mercy[H7355]; their voice[H6963] roareth[H1993] like the sea[H3220], and they ride[H7392] upon horses[H5483], every one set in array[H6186], as a man[H376] to the battle[H4421], against thee[H1323], O daughter of Zion[H6726].
24. We have heard[H8085] the report[H8089] thereof[H3027]; our hands wax feeble[H7503]: anguish[H6869] hath taken hold[H2388] of us[H2427], and pangs as of a woman in travail[H3205].
25. Go not forth[H3318] into the field[H7704], nor walk[H3212] by the way[H1870]; for the sword[H2719] of the enemy[H341], and terror[H4032], are on every side[H5439].
26. O daughter[H1323] of my people[H5971], gird[H2296] thee with sackcloth[H8242], and wallow[H6428] thyself in ashes[H665]: make[H6213] thee mourning[H60], as for an only son[H3173], most bitter[H8563] lamentation[H4553]; for the destroyer[H7703] shall suddenly[H6597] come upon us[H935].
27. I have made[H5414] thee a trier[H969] and a fortress[H4013] among my people[H5971]; that thou mayest know[H3045] and try[H974] their way[H1870].
28. They are all grievous[H5493] revolters[H5637], going[H1980] about with slanders[H7400]; they are brass[H5178] and iron[H1270]: they all of them deal corruptly[H7843].
29. The bellows[H4647] blow fiercely[H2787]; the lead[H5777] is consumed[H8552] of the fire[H800]: in vain[H7723] do they go[H6884] on refining[H6884]; for the wicked[H7451] are not plucked away[H5423].
30. Refuse[H3988] silver[H3701] shall men call[H7121] them[H3068], because Jehovah hath rejected them[H3988].
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