Jeremiah 6:16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
16 Thus says the Lord:
Stand by the earliest roads,
ask the pathways of old,[a]
“Which is the way to good?” and walk it;
thus you will find rest for yourselves.
But they said, “We will not walk it.”(A)
Footnotes
- 6:16 Pathways of old: history and the lessons to be learned from it.
Jeremiah 6:16
New King James Version
16 Thus says the Lord:
“Stand in the ways and see,
And ask for the (A)old paths, where the good way is,
And walk in it;
Then you will find (B)rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
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