Jeremiah 6
6
Impending Disaster for Jerusalem
1Flee for safety, #[Judg. 1:21] O people of Benjamin,
from the midst of Jerusalem!
Blow the trumpet in #See 2 Sam. 14:2 Tekoa,
and raise a signal on #Neh. 3:14 Beth-haccherem,
for disaster looms #See ch. 1:14out of the north,
and great destruction.
2The lovely and delicately bred I will destroy,
# See 2 Kgs. 19:21 the daughter of Zion.#6:2 Or I have likened the daughter of Zion to the loveliest pasture
3 # [ch. 23:1] Shepherds with their flocks shall come against her;
# ch. 4:17 they shall pitch their tents around her;
they shall pasture, each in his place.
4 # ch. 22:7; Joel 3:9; [ch. 51:27] “Prepare war against her;
arise, and let us attack #ch. 15:8at noon!
Woe to us, for the day declines,
for the shadows of evening lengthen!
5Arise, and let us attack by night
and destroy her palaces!”
6For thus says the Lord of hosts:
# [Deut. 20:20] “Cut down her trees;
#
2 Kgs. 19:32; Isa. 37:33; Ezek. 26:8; Luke 19:43 cast up a siege mound against Jerusalem.
This is the city that must be #Luke 19:44punished;
there is nothing but oppression within her.
7 #
Isa. 57:20 As a well keeps its water fresh,
so she keeps fresh her evil;
#
Ps. 55:9; Ezek. 7:11, 23 violence and destruction are heard within her;
sickness and wounds are ever before me.
8Be warned, O Jerusalem,
#
Ezek. 23:18; [Hos. 9:12] lest I turn from you in disgust,
lest I make you #See ch. 4:7a desolation,
an uninhabited land.”
9Thus says the Lord of hosts:
# [Deut. 24:21] “They shall glean thoroughly as a vine
the remnant of Israel;
like a grape gatherer pass your hand again
over its branches.”
10 #
Isa. 28:9; 53:1 To whom shall I speak and give warning,
that they may hear?
# [Ex. 6:12; Acts 7:51] Behold, their ears are uncircumcised,
# ch. 7:26 they cannot listen;
behold, #ch. 20:8the word of the Lord is to them an object of scorn;
they take no pleasure in it.
11Therefore I am full of the wrath of the Lord;
# ch. 20:9 I am weary of holding it in.
# ch. 9:21 “Pour it out upon the children in the street,
and upon the gatherings of young men, also;
# [Lam. 2:21] both husband and wife #ch. 8:9shall be taken,
the elderly and the very aged.
12 # For ver. 12-15, see ch. 8:10-12 Their houses shall be turned over to others,
their fields and wives together,
for I will stretch out my hand
against the inhabitants of the land,”
declares the Lord.
13 # [ch. 31:34; 44:12; Jonah 3:5] “For from the least to the greatest of them,
everyone #Isa. 56:11 is greedy for unjust gain;
and from #ch. 14:18; 23:11; Mic. 3:11; See ch. 5:31prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
14They have healed the wound of my people lightly,
saying, #ch. 4:10; 14:13; 23:17; Ezek. 13:10; Mic. 3:5; [John 14:27] ‘Peace, peace,’
#
Isa. 48:22; 57:21; Ezek. 7:25 when there is no peace.
15 # [ch. 3:3; 8:12] Were they ashamed when they committed abomination?
No, they were not at all ashamed;
they did not know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
# [ver. 6] at the time that I punish them, they shall be overthrown,”
says the Lord.
16Thus says the Lord:
“Stand by the roads, and look,
and ask for #ch. 18:15; [Isa. 8:20; Mal. 4:4; Luke 16:29] the ancient paths,
where the good way is; and walk in it,
#
Matt. 11:29; [Ps. 116:7] and find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
17 #
Isa. 56:10; [Isa. 21:11] I set watchmen over you, saying,
‘Pay attention to #Isa. 58:1; [ch. 4:19] the sound of the trumpet!’
But they said, #ch. 44:16‘We will not pay attention.’
18Therefore hear, O nations,
and know, O congregation, what will happen to them.
19Hear, O earth; behold, I am bringing disaster upon this people,
#
Prov. 1:31
the fruit of their devices,
because they have not paid attention to my words;
and as for my law, they have rejected it.
20 #
Isa. 1:11 What use to me is #Isa. 43:23; 60:6 frankincense that comes from #See 1 Kgs. 10:1 Sheba,
or sweet cane from a distant land?
# ch. 7:21, 22; 14:12; Ps. 40:6; Isa. 1:11; Amos 5:21 Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,
nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.
21Therefore thus says the Lord:
#
Ezek. 3:20
‘Behold, I will lay before this people
stumbling blocks against which they shall stumble;
fathers and sons together,
neighbor and friend shall perish.’”
22Thus says the Lord:
# For ver. 22-24, see ch. 50:41-43 “Behold, a people is coming #See ch. 1:13 from the north country,
a great nation is stirring from #ch. 25:32; 31:8the farthest parts of the earth.
23They lay hold on bow and javelin;
they are #Isa. 13:9, 18 cruel and have no mercy;
#
Isa. 17:12
the sound of them is like the roaring sea;
they ride on horses,
set in array as a man for battle,
against you, O daughter of Zion!”
24We have heard the report of it;
# ch. 38:4; 49:24; Ezek. 21:7; See 2 Sam. 4:1; Ezek. 7:17 our hands fall helpless;
anguish has taken hold of us,
# See Isa. 13:8 pain as of a woman in labor.
25Go not out into the field,
nor walk on the road,
for the enemy has a sword;
#
Ps. 31:13; Lam. 2:22; [Job 18:11] terror is on every side.
26O daughter of my people, #See ch. 4:8; Esth. 4:1 put on sackcloth,
and #ch. 25:34; Ezek. 27:30; [Lam. 3:16; Mic. 1:10] roll in ashes;
#
Amos 8:10; Zech. 12:10 make mourning as for an only son,
most bitter lamentation,
for suddenly the destroyer
will come upon us.
27“I have made you #[ch. 1:18] a tester of metals among my people,
that you may know and #ch. 9:7test their ways.
28 # ch. 5:23 They are all stubbornly rebellious,
# ch. 9:4; [Lev. 19:16] going about with slanders;
they are #Ezek. 22:18, 20bronze and iron;
all of them act corruptly.
29The #[See ver. 28 above] bellows blow fiercely;
the lead is consumed by the fire;
# [Isa. 1:25] in vain the refining goes on,
for the wicked are not removed.
30 #
Isa. 1:22; Ezek. 22:19, 20 Rejected silver they are called,
for the Lord has rejected them.”
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Jeremiah 6
6
1 Flee for safety, O children of Benjamin,
from the midst of Jerusalem.
And in Tekoa blow a horn,
and on Beth-haccherem lift up a signal,
for evil looks down from the north,
and a great destruction.
2The lovely and the delicate,
the daughter of Jerusalem, I will destroy.
3Shepherds and their flocks will come against her,
they will pitch their tents against her all around,
they will pasture, each his portion.#Literally “hand”
4Sanctify#Or “Consecrate” war against her.
Arise, and let us attack at noon.
Woe to us, for the day turns,
for the shadows of evening are lengthened.
5Arise, and let us attack by night,
and let us destroy her citadel fortresses.”
6For thus says Yahweh of hosts,
“Cut down trees and heap up a siege ramp against Jerusalem.
This is the city that must be punished,
its oppression is in its midst.
7As a water well keeps its water cool,
so she keeps cool her wickedness.
Violence and destruction are heard within her,
sickness and wounds#Hebrew “wound” are continually before me.#Literally “at the face of me”
8Be warned, O Jerusalem,
lest I turn away from you in disgust,
lest I make you a desolation,
a land that is not inhabited.”
9Thus says Yahweh of hosts:
“They will thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine,
turn back your hand over the branches like a grape-gatherer.
10To whom shall I speak and admonish,
that they may hear?
Look, their ears are closed,#Literally “uncircumcised”
and they are not able to listen attentively.
Look, the word of Yahweh is to them an object of scorn,
they do not delight in it.
11But I am full with the wrath of Yahweh,
I struggle to hold it#Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation in.
Pour it out on the children#Hebrew “child” in the street,
and on the assemblies#Hebrew “assembly” of young men at the same time.
For even husband with wife will get trapped,
the old with him who is full of days.
12And their houses will be turned over to others,
their fields and their wives together.
For I will stretch out my hand
against the inhabitants of the land,” declares#Literally “a declaration of” Yahweh.
13“For from the smallest of them to the greatest of them,
everyone#Literally “all of him” makes profit for unlawful gain.
And from the prophet to the priest,
everyone#Literally “all of him” practices deceit.
14And they have treated the wound of my people lightly,
saying,#Literally “to say” ‘Peace, peace,’ but there is no peace.
15Have they acted ashamed, for they have committed a detestable thing?
Not at all, nor were they ashamed; they did not know to feel humiliated.
Therefore#Literally “To thus” they will fall among those who fall at the time I punish them,
they will stumble,” says Yahweh.
16Thus says Yahweh: “Stand at the roads and look,
and ask for the ancient paths, where the way of the good is,
and walk in it, and find rest for your inner selves.#Hebrew “inner self”
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’#Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
17And I raised up watchmen over you:
‘Listen attentively to the sound of a horn.’
But they said, ‘We will not listen attentively.’
18Therefore#Literally “To thus” hear, O nations, and know, O community,
what will happen to them.#Literally “what among them”
19Hear, O earth,
look, I am about to bring disaster to this people,
the fruit of their plans,
because they have not listened attentively to my words,
and my teaching, they have rejected it also.
20What is this to me?
Frankincense comes from Sheba,
and the precious spice reed from a distant land.
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,#Literally “for acceptance”
your sacrifices are not pleasing to me.”
21Therefore#Literally “To thus” thus says Yahweh:
“Look, I am about to put before this people stumbling blocks,
and they will stumble against them,
fathers and children together,
neighbor and his friend will perish.”
22Thus says Yahweh:
“Look, a people is coming from the land of the north,
a great nation is woken up from the farthest part of the earth.
23The bow and the short sword they grasp are cruel,
and they show no mercy.
Their sound roars like the sea, and on horses they ride,
drawn up like a man for battle against you, O daughter of Zion.”
24We have heard news of it,
our hands grow slack,
anxiety has grasped us,
pain as a woman who gives birth.
25You must not go out into the field,
and you must not walk on the road,
for the enemy has a sword,#Literally “a sword for enemy”
terror is all around.
26O daughter of my people,
gird yourself with sackcloth,
and roll about in the ashes in mourning,
a mourning ceremony as for an only child.
Make for yourself wailing of bitterness,
for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
27“I have made you an assayer among my people, a fortification,
so that you may know and put to the test their ways.#Hebrew “way”
28All of them are stubborn rebels,
going about talking slander.
They are bronze and iron,
they are all behaving corruptly.
29The bellows#Hebrew “bellow” are burned up,
lead is consumed by fire.
In vain#Literally “To the vanity” he keeps on refining,#Literally “he refines refining”
but the wicked are not torn apart.
30They are called#Literally “They call to them” rejected silver,
For Yahweh has rejected them.”
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