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
Siege of Jerusalem
1#Ne 3:14; Jdg 1:21 O sons of Benjamin, gather yourselves
to flee from the midst of Jerusalem,
and blow the trumpet in Tekoa,
and set up a sign of fire in Beth Hakkerem;
for disaster appears out of the north,
and great destruction.
2#Isa 1:8; Jer 4:31 I have likened the daughter of Zion
to a comely and delicate woman.
3#Lk 19:43 The shepherds with their flocks will come to her.
They will pitch their tents against her all around.
They will pasture each in his place.
4#Jer 15:8; Joel 3:9 “Prepare war against her;
arise, and let us go up at noon.”
“Woe to us, for the day declines,
for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.”
5#Isa 32:14; Jer 52:13 “Arise, and let us go by night
and let us destroy her palaces.”
6For thus says the Lord of Hosts:
Hew down trees
and build a mound against Jerusalem.
This is the city to be punished.
She is full of oppression in her midst.
7#Eze 7:11; 7:23 As a fountain casts out her waters,
so she casts out her wickedness.
Violence and devastation are heard in her;
before Me continually are grief and wounds.
8#Eze 23:18; Hos 9:12 Be instructed, O Jerusalem,
lest My soul depart from you;
lest I make you desolate,
a land not inhabited.
9#Jer 16:16; 49:9Thus says the Lord of Hosts:
They will thoroughly glean
the remnant of Israel as a vine.
Turn back your hand
as a grape gatherer into the baskets.
10#Ac 7:51; Jer 7:26 To whom shall I speak and give warning
that they may hear?
See, their ears are closed,
and they cannot listen.
Indeed, the word of the Lord is a reproach to them;
they have no delight in it.
11#Jer 9:21; 20:9 Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord;
I am weary with holding in.
I will pour it out upon the children in the street
and upon the assembly of young men together;
for even the husband with the wife shall be taken,
the aged with him who is full of days.
12#Jer 8:10; Isa 5:25 Their houses shall be turned to others,
with their fields and wives together;
for I will stretch out My hand
upon the inhabitants of the land,
says the Lord.
13#Jer 8:10; 23:11 For 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.
14#Eze 13:10; Jer 4:10 They have healed also the brokenness
of the daughter of My people superficially,
saying, “Peace, peace,”
when there is no peace.
15#Jer 3:3; 8:12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination?
They were not at all ashamed,
nor could they blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
at the time that I punish them they shall be cast down,
says the Lord.
16#Jer 18:15; Isa 8:20Thus says the Lord
Stand in the ways and see,
and ask for the old paths
where the good way is and walk in it,
and you shall find rest for your souls.
But they said, “We will not walk in it.”
17#Isa 21:11; 58:1 Also I set watchmen over you, saying,
“Listen to the sound of the trumpet.”
But they said, “We will not listen.”
18Therefore hear, O nations,
and know, O congregation,
what is among them.
19#Jer 8:9; Isa 1:2 Hear, O earth.
I will bring calamity on this people,
even the fruit of their thoughts,
because they have not listened to My words,
nor to My law, but rejected it.
20#Isa 1:11; Ps 40:6; Isa 60:6 To what purpose does incense from Sheba come to Me,
and the sweet cane from a far country?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,
nor are your sacrifices sweet to Me.
21#Isa 8:14; 9:14–17Therefore thus says the Lord:
See, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people,
and the fathers and the sons together will fall upon them.
The neighbor and his friend will perish.
22#Jer 10:22; 50:41–43Thus says the Lord:
See, a people comes
from the north country,
and a great nation will be raised
from the remote parts of the earth.
23#Isa 13:18; Jer 50:42 They will lay hold on bow and spear;
they are cruel and have no mercy.
Their voice roars like the sea,
and they ride upon horses,
set in array as men for war
against you, O daughter of Zion.
24#Jer 4:31; 49:24 “We have heard the report of it;
our hands grow feeble.
Anguish has taken hold of us,
and pain as of a woman in labor.
25#Jer 49:29; Job 18:11 Do not go out into the field,
nor walk on the road.
For the sword of the enemy
and terror is on every side.”
26#Jer 4:8; Zec 12:10 O daughter of my people, gird yourself with sackcloth
and wallow in ashes.
Mourn as for an only son,
a most bitter lamentation;
for the destroyer
shall suddenly come upon us.
27#Jer 1:18; 15:20 I have set you as an assayer
and fortress among My people
that you may know
and try their way.
28#Jer 9:4; 5:23 They all are stubborn rebels
walking about practicing slander.
They are bronze and iron;
they all are corrupters.
29The bellows blow fiercely,
the lead is consumed by the fire;
the founder melts in vain,
for the wicked are not plucked away.
30#Ps 119:119; Isa 1:22 Men will call them rejected silver,
because the Lord has rejected them.
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