Jeremiah 6:14-16
New English Translation
14 They offer only superficial help
for the harm my people have suffered.[a]
They say, ‘Everything will be all right!’
But everything is not all right![b]
15 Are they ashamed because they have done such shameful things?
No, they are not at all ashamed.
They do not even know how to blush!
So they will die, just like others have died.[c]
They will be brought to ruin when I punish them,”
says the Lord.
16 The Lord said to his people:[d]
“You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path.[e]
Ask where the old, reliable paths[f] are.
Ask where the path is that leads to blessing[g] and follow it.
If you do, you will find rest for your souls.”
But they said, “We will not follow it!”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 6:14 tn Heb “They heal [= bandage] the wound of my people lightly”; TEV “They act as if my people’s wounds were only scratches.”
- Jeremiah 6:14 tn Heb “They say, ‘Peace! Peace!’ and there is no peace!”
- Jeremiah 6:15 tn Heb “They will fall among the fallen.”
- Jeremiah 6:16 tn The words, “to his people” are not in the text but are implicit in the interchange of pronouns in the Hebrew of vv. 16-17. They are supplied in the translation here for clarity.
- Jeremiah 6:16 tn Heb “Stand at the crossroads and look.”
- Jeremiah 6:16 tn Heb “the ancient path,” i.e., the path the Lord set out in ancient times (cf. Deut 32:7).
- Jeremiah 6:16 tn Heb “the way of/to the good.”
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