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
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1 "O sons of Benjamin, be strengthened in the midst of Jerusalem, and sound the trumpet in Tekoa, and lift up a banner over the house of Haccherem. For an evil has been seen from the north, with great destruction.
2 I have compared the daughter of Zion to a beautiful and delicate woman.
3 The pastors will come to her with their flocks. They have pitched their tents against her all around. Each one will feed those who are under his hand.
4 'Sanctify a war against her! Rise up together, and let us ascend at midday.' 'Woe to us! For the day has declined; for the shadows of the evening have grown longer.'
5 'Rise up, and let us ascend in the night, and let us destroy her houses.' "
6 For thus says the Lord of hosts: "Cut down her trees, and build a rampart around Jerusalem. This is the city of visitation! Every kind of false claim is in her midst.
7 Just as a cistern makes its water cold, so has she made her wickedness cold. Iniquity and devastation will be heard in her; sickness and wounds will be ever before me.
8 O Jerusalem, accept instruction, lest perhaps my soul may withdraw from you; lest perhaps I may set you in a desert, in an uninhabitable land."
9 Thus says the Lord of hosts: "They will gather the remnant of Israel, even as a single cluster of grapes is gathered from a vine. Direct your hand, as a grape-gatherer directs his hand to the basket.
10 To whom should I speak, and to whom should I testify, so as to be heard? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, and so they are unable to hear. Behold, for them, the word of the Lord has become a disgrace. And so they will not accept it.
11 For this reason, I have been filled with the fury of the Lord. I labor to bear it. Let it be poured out upon the child outside, or upon a group of young men meeting together. For a man will be taken captive with a woman, an elder will be taken captive with one who is full of days.
12 And their houses will be given over to others, with both their lands and their wives. For I will extend my hand over the inhabitants of the earth, says the Lord.
13 Certainly, from the least of them even to the greatest, all of them practice greed. And from the prophet even to the priest, all of them act with deceit.
14 And they healed the destruction of the daughter of my people with disgrace, by saying: 'Peace, peace.' And there was no peace.
15 They were confounded, because they committed an abomination. Or rather, they were not confounded with shame, because they did not know how to blush. For this reason, they will fall among those who are being destroyed. In the time of their visitation, they will fall, says the Lord."
16 Thus says the Lord: "Stand above the ways, and see and ask, about the ancient paths, as to which is the good way, and then walk in it. And you will find refreshment for your souls. But they said: 'We will not walk.'
17 And I appointed watchers over you, saying: 'Listen for the sound of the trumpet.' And they said: 'We will not listen.'
18 For this reason, hear, O Gentiles, and know, O congregation, how much I will do to them.
19 Hear, O earth! Behold, I will lead evils over this people, as the fruits of their own thoughts. For they have not listened to my words, and they have cast aside my law.
20 For what reason are you bringing me frankincense from Sheba, and sweet smelling reeds from a far away land? Your holocausts are not acceptable, and your sacrifices are not pleasing to me."
21 Therefore, thus says the Lord: "Behold I will bring this people to utter ruin, and they will fall, with their fathers and sons; neighbor and relative will perish together."
22 Thus says the Lord: "Behold, a people is coming from the land of the north, and a great nation will rise up from the ends of the earth.
23 They will take hold of arrow and shield. They are cruel, and they will not take pity. Their voice will roar like the ocean. And they will climb upon horses, for they have been prepared like men for battle, against you, O daughter of Zion.
24 'We have heard of their fame. Our hands have become weakened. Tribulation has overtaken us, like the pains of a woman giving birth.'
25 Do not choose to go out into the fields, and you should not walk along the roadway. For the sword and the terror of the enemy is on every side.
26 Wrap yourself in haircloth, O daughter of my people. And sprinkle yourself with ashes. Make a mourning for yourself, as for an only son, a bitter lamentation: 'for the destroyer will overwhelm us suddenly.'
27 I have presented you as a strong tester among my people. And you will test and know their way.
28 All these leaders who are turning away and walking deceitfully, they are brass and iron; they have all been corrupted.
29 The bellows has failed; the lead has been consumed by fire; the molten metal was melted to no purpose. For their wickedness has not been consumed.
30 Call them: 'Rejected silver.' For the Lord has cast them aside."
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