1 The coming of the Assyrians and Chaldeans. 16 He exhorteth the Jews to repentance.

O ye children of [a]Benjamin, prepare to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in [b]Tekoa: set up a standard upon [c]Beth-Haccerem: for a plague appeareth out of the North and great destruction.

I have compared the daughter of Zion to [d]a beautiful and dainty woman.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:1 He speaketh to them chiefly because they should take heed by the example of their brethren, the other half of their tribe, which were now carried away prisoners.
  2. Jeremiah 6:1 Which was a city in Judah, six miles from Bethlehem, 2 Chron. 11:6.
  3. Jeremiah 6:1 Read Neh. 3:14.
  4. Jeremiah 6:2 I have entreated her gently, and given her abundance of all things.

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