Jeremiah 6:1-15

Legacy Standard Bible

6 “Flee for safety, O sons of ^(A)Benjamin,
From the midst of Jerusalem!
Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa
And raise a signal over ^[a](B)Beth-haccerem,
For evil looks down from the ^(C)north,
As well as great destruction.
² The comely and ^(D)delicate one, ^(E)the daughter of Zion, I will ruin.
^3 (F)Shepherds and their flocks will come to her;
They will ^(G)pitch their tents ^[b]around her;
They will pasture each in his ^[c]place.
^4 (H)Set yourselves apart for war against her;
Arise, and let us go up at ^(I)noon.
Woe to us, for the day declines,
For the shadows of the evening stretch out!
⁵ Arise, and let us go up by night
And ^[d](J)destroy her ^[e]palaces!”
⁶ For thus says Yahweh of hosts,
“^(K)Cut down her trees
And cast up a ^(L)siege against Jerusalem.
This is the city to be punished,
In whose midst there is only ^(M)oppression.
^7 (N)Like a well ^[f]keeps its waters fresh,
So she ^[g]keeps fresh her evil.
^(O)Violence and devastation are heard in her;
^(P)Sickness and wounds are continually before Me.
^8 (Q)Heed discipline, O Jerusalem,
Lest ^(R)My soul become disgusted at you,
Lest I make you a desolation,
A land not inhabited.”

“They will ^(S)thoroughly glean as the vine the ^(T)remnant of Israel;
Pass your hand again like a grape gatherer
Over the branches.”
¹⁰ To whom shall I speak and give warning
That they may hear?
Behold, their ^(U)ears are uncircumcised,
And they cannot give heed.
Behold, ^(V)the word of Yahweh has become a reproach to them;
They have no delight in it.
¹¹ But I am ^(W)full of the wrath of Yahweh;
I am ^(X)weary of holding it in.
“^(Y)Pour it out on the infants in the street
And on the ^[h]gathering of choice men together;
For both husband and wife shall be captured,
The aged with the one full of days.
¹² Their ^(Z)houses shall be turned over to others,
Their fields and their wives together,
For I will ^(AA)stretch out My hand
Against the inhabitants of the land,” declares Yahweh.
¹³ “For ^(AB)from the least of them even to the greatest of them,
Everyone is ^(AC)greedy for gain,
And from the prophet even to the priest
Everyone practices lying.
¹⁴ They have ^(AD)healed the brokenness of My people superficially,
Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
But there is no peace.
¹⁵ Were they ^(AE)ashamed because of the abomination they have done?
They were not even ashamed at all;
They did not even know how to feel dishonor.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
At the time that I punish them,
They shall be cast down,” says Yahweh.