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Jeremiah 6
Revised Geneva Translation
Jeremiah 6
Revised Geneva Translation
6 “O you children of Benjamin, prepare to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa! Set up a standard upon Beth-Haccerem! For a plague appears out of the North, and great destruction!
2 “I have compared the Daughter of Zion to a beautiful and delicate woman.
3 “The shepherds, with their flocks, shall come to her. They shall pitch tents all around her, and everyone shall feed in his place.”
4 “Prepare for war against her! Arise, and let us go up toward the South. Woe to us! For the day declines, and the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
5 “Arise, and let us go up by night and destroy her palaces!”
6 For thus has the LORD of Hosts said: “Cut down wood and lay down a mound against Jerusalem! This city must be visited! All oppression is in the midst of it!
7 “As the fountain throws forth her waters, so she throws forth her malice! Cruelty and spoil are continually heard in her before Me, with sorrow and strokes.
8 “Be instructed, O [h]Jerusalem, lest My Soul departs from you, lest I make you desolate, a land that no one inhabits!”
9 Thus says the LORD of Hosts: “They shall gather, the residue of Israel, as a vine. Return your hand into the baskets, as does the grape gatherer.”
10 To whom shall I speak, and admonish, so that they may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, and they cannot listen. Behold, the Word of the LORD is as a reproach to them. They have no delight in it.
11 Therefore, I am full of the wrath of the LORD. I am weary with holding it. “I will pour it out upon the children in the street, and likewise upon the assembly of the young men. For the husband shall be taken with the wife, the aged with him who is full of days,
12 “and their houses with their lands. And wives, also, shall be turned to strangers. For I will stretch out My Hand upon the inhabitants of the land,” says the LORD.
13 “For from the least of them to the greatest of them, everyone is given to covetousness, and from the Prophet to the Priest, they all deal falsely.
14 “They have also slightly healed the hurt of My people, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.
15 “Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not ashamed. Nor could they have any shame. Therefore, they shall fall among the slain when I shall visit them. They shall be cast down,” says the LORD.
16 Thus says the LORD: “Stand in the ways and behold. And ask for the old way, which is the good way. And walk in it. And you shall find rest for your souls.’ But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
17 “Also, I set watchmen over you, who said, ‘Listen for the sound of the trumpet.’ But they said, ‘We will not listen for it.’
18 “Hear, therefore, you Gentiles. And know, you Congregation, what is among them.
19 “Hear, O Earth! Behold, I will cause a plague to come upon this people, the fruit of their own imaginations. Because they have not listened to My Words, nor to My Law, but cast it off.
20 “For what purpose do you bring Me incense from Sheba, and sweet calamus from a far country? Your Burnt Offerings are not pleasant, nor your sacrifices sweet, to Me.”
21 Therefore, thus says the LORD: “Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them. The neighbor and his friend shall perish.”
22 Thus says the LORD: “Behold, a people comes from the north country, and a great nation shall arise from the sides of the Earth.
23 “They shall be weaponed with bow and shield. They are cruel and will have no compassion. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, well-appointed, like men of war against you, O daughter Zion.”
24 We have heard of their fame. Our hands grow feeble. Sorrow has come upon us, as the sorrow of a woman in labor.
25 Do not go forth into the field or walk by the way, for the sword of the enemy and fear are on every side.
26 O daughter of my people, gird yourselves with sackcloth and wallow in the ashes! Make lamentation, and bitter mourning, as for your only son. For the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.
27 “I have set you as a defense and fortress among My people, so that you may know and try their ways.
28 “They are all rebellious traitors, walking craftily, bronze and iron. They all are destroyers.
29 “The bellows are burnt. The lead is consumed in the fire. The founder refines in vain. For the wicked are not taken away.
30 “They shall call them rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”
Jeremiah 6
King James Version
Jeremiah 6
King James Version
6 O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.
4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
6 For thus hath the Lord of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
7 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
9 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.
10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the Lord is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord.
13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
16 Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
20 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
21 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
22 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them.
Jeremias 6
Ang Pulong Sa Dios
Jeremias 6
Ang Pulong Sa Dios
Gisulong ang Jerusalem sa Iyang mga Kaaway
6 “Palayo kamo ug panago mga kaliwat ni Benjamin! Biya kamo sa Jerusalem! Patingoga ang budyong sa Tekoa ug paghatag ug senyas didto sa Bet Hakkeram. Kay moabot ang grabing kadaot gikan sa amihan. 2 Gub-on ko ang maanindot nga siyudad sa Jerusalem.[a] 3 Libotan kini sa ilang mga sundalo.[b] Magpatindog sila sa ilang mga tolda libot niini, ug magkampo sila[c] sa bisan asang bahin nga ilang magustohan. 4 Moingon ang mga komander, ‘Pangandam kamo sa pagsulong sa Jerusalem. Sulongon nato sila sa udto.’ Apan sa dihang hapon na, moingon ang mga komander, ‘Hala! Gasalop na man ang adlaw ug hapit nang mongitngit. 5 Karon na lang kitang gabii mosulong ug gub-on nato ang lig-ong mga bahin niining siyudara.’ ”
6 Mao kini ang giingon sa Ginoo nga Makagagahom, “Pagputol kamog mga kahoy nga gamiton sa pagguba sa mga paril sa Jerusalem, ug pagtapok kamog yuta sa kilid sa paril aron makatkat ninyo kini. Kinahanglan nang silotan kining siyudara, kay midagsang na niining dapita ang pagpangdaog-daog. 7 Sama sa usa ka tuboran nga padayon ang pagdagayday sa tubig, padayon usab ang iyang paghimog daotan. Madungog kanunay dinhi niini nga siyudad ang pagpasakit ug pagpanglaglag. Ang balatian ug mga samad niini maoy kanunay kong makita. 8 Pasidaan kini kanimo, Jerusalem! Kon dili ka pa mamati, motalikod gayod ako kanimo ug himuon kong awaaw ang imong yuta aron wala nay magpuyo pa niini.”
9 Mao pa gayod kini ang giingon sa Ginoo nga Makagagahom, “Ang mahibiling buhi sa Israel ipatilok ko pag-ayo sa mga kaaway, sama sa pagtilok sa mga tigpamupo ug ubas sa nahibiling mga bunga diha sa mga sanga.”
10 Mitubag ako, “Apan kinsa may akong pasidan-an? Kinsa may maminaw kanako? Gitabonan nila ang ilang mga dalunggan aron dili sila makadungog. Ngil-ad alang kanila ang pulong sa Ginoo, busa dili sila gusto nga maminaw niini. 11 Gibati ko usab ang labihan nga kasuko sama sa kasuko sa Ginoo, ug dili ko gayod kini mapugngan.”
Miingon ang Ginoo, “Ipatagamtam ko ang akong kasuko sa mga kabataan nga nagadula sa dalan, sa mga batan-ong lalaki nga nagatigom, sa mga bana ug mga asawa, ug sa mga tigulang. 12 Ang ilang mga balay ihatag ngadto sa uban, lakip na ang ilang mga uma ug mga asawa. Mahitabo kini kon ako nang silotan ang mga katawhan nga nagapuyo niini nga yuta. Ako, ang Ginoo, ang nagaingon niini.
13 “Gikan sa labing ubos hangtod sa labing dungganon, nanikas sila aron makakuwarta. Bisan mga propeta ug mga pari nagpangilad usab. 14 Gipakawalay-bili nila ang samad sa akong mga katawhan, bisan grabe na kini. Nagaingon sila nga maayo ang tanan bisan ang tinuod dili kini maayo. 15 Naulaw ba sila sa ilang daotang mga binuhatan? Wala, kay wala na silay ulaw! Dili man lang gani sila mahilaw. Busa mangamatay sila sama sa uban. Malaglag sila sa panahon nga silotan ko na sila. Ako, ang Ginoo, ang nagaingon niini.”
16 Mao pa gayod kini ang giingon sa Ginoo, “Tindog kamo diha sa gisang-an sa mga dalan ug pagpakisusi pag-ayo. Pangutana kamo kon hain ang karaan ug maayo nga dalan, ug didto kamo agi. Kon buhaton ninyo kini, maangkon ninyo ang kalinaw. Apan miingon kamo, ‘Dili kami moagi diha!’ 17 Nagpili akog tigbantay sa pagsulti kaninyo, ‘Patalinghogi ninyo ang tingog sa budyong ingon nga pagpasidaan kaninyo.’ Apan miingon kamo, ‘Dili kami mamati.’
18 “Busa pamati kamong mga kanasoran. Saksihi ninyo kon unsay mahitabo sa akong katawhan. 19 Pamati, O kalibotan! Magpadala akog kalaglagan niini nga mga tawo ingon nga silot sa ilang daotang mga plano. Kay wala nila hatagig pagtagad ang akong mga pulong ug gisalikway nila ang akong kasugoan. 20 Walay bili kanako ang gihalad nila nga insenso nga gikan pa sa Sheba, o ang mga pahumot nga gikan pa sa layong dapit. Dili ko dawaton ang ilang mga halad nga sinunog. Ang ilang mga halad dili makapalipay kanako. 21 Busa ako, ang Ginoo, nagaingon nga magbutang ako ug kapandolanan niining mga tawhana. Tungod niini, malaglag ang mga amahan ug mga anak nga lalaki, apil ang managhigala ug managsilingan.”
22 Midugang pa gayod ang Ginoo sa pag-ingon, “Tan-awa, may mga sundalong nagpadulong gikan sa yuta sa amihan, usa ka gamhanan nga nasod gikan sa layong dapit nga andam na sa pagsulong. 23 Armado sila sa mga pana ug bangkaw. Bangis sila ug walay kalooy. Nagasakay sila sa ilang mga kabayo, ug ang ilang kabanha sama sa dahunog sa makusog nga balod. Moabot sila aron sa pagsulong kaninyo, O mga taga-Jerusalem.[d]”
24 Daghan ang among nadungog nga balita mahitungod kanila, ug namuypoy ang among mga bukton sa kahadlok. Sama sa babayeng nagabati, nagaantos kami sa kaguol ug kasakit. 25 Ayaw kamo pag-adto sa mga uma o paglakaw sa mga dalan, kay adunay mga kaaway nga andam nga mopatay. Anaa ang kakuyaw sa palibot. 26 O mga katagilungsod ko, pagbisti kamog sako ug ligid sa abo sa pagpakita sa inyong pagsubo. Pagbangotan kamo nga daw namatyan kamog bugtong anak nga lalaki. Kay sa kalit lang mosulong kanato ang kaaway.
27 Miingon ang Ginoo kanako, “Gihimo ko ikaw nga sama sa tigsulay sa metal aron masulayan mo ang kinaiya sa akong katawhan. 28 Tanan sila mga masinupakon ug mga gahig ulo, sama kagahi sa bronsi ug puthaw. Wala silay laing gihimo kondili ang pagbutang-butang ug pagtunto sa uban. 29 Painiton pag-ayo ang hurnohan aron mapuro ang pilak. Apan walay kapuslanan ang pagpaputli sa akong katawhan kay ang mga daotan wala gihapon mawagtang. 30 Pagatawgon sila nga, ‘Sinalikway nga Pilak’ kay gisalikway ko na sila.”
Jeremiah 6
New International Version
Jeremiah 6
New International Version
Jerusalem Under Siege
6 “Flee for safety, people of Benjamin!
Flee from Jerusalem!
Sound the trumpet(A) in Tekoa!(B)
Raise the signal over Beth Hakkerem!(C)
For disaster looms out of the north,(D)
even terrible destruction.
2 I will destroy Daughter Zion,(E)
so beautiful and delicate.(F)
3 Shepherds(G) with their flocks will come against her;
they will pitch their tents around(H) her,
each tending his own portion.”
4 “Prepare for battle against her!
Arise, let us attack at noon!(I)
But, alas, the daylight is fading,
and the shadows of evening grow long.
5 So arise, let us attack at night
and destroy her fortresses!”
6 This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“Cut down the trees(J)
and build siege ramps(K) against Jerusalem.
This city must be punished;
it is filled with oppression.(L)
7 As a well pours out its water,
so she pours out her wickedness.
Violence(M) and destruction(N) resound in her;
her sickness and wounds are ever before me.
8 Take warning, Jerusalem,
or I will turn away(O) from you
and make your land desolate
so no one can live in it.”
9 This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“Let them glean the remnant(P) of Israel
as thoroughly as a vine;
pass your hand over the branches again,
like one gathering grapes.”
10 To whom can I speak and give warning?
Who will listen(Q) to me?
Their ears are closed[a](R)
so they cannot hear.(S)
The word(T) of the Lord is offensive to them;
they find no pleasure in it.
11 But I am full of the wrath(U) of the Lord,
and I cannot hold it in.(V)
“Pour it out on the children in the street
and on the young men(W) gathered together;
both husband and wife will be caught in it,
and the old, those weighed down with years.(X)
12 Their houses will be turned over to others,(Y)
together with their fields and their wives,(Z)
when I stretch out my hand(AA)
against those who live in the land,”
declares the Lord.
13 “From the least to the greatest,
all(AB) are greedy for gain;(AC)
prophets and priests alike,
all practice deceit.(AD)
14 They dress the wound of my people
as though it were not serious.
‘Peace, peace,’ they say,
when there is no peace.(AE)
15 Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?
No, they have no shame at all;
they do not even know how to blush.(AF)
So they will fall among the fallen;
they will be brought down when I punish(AG) them,”
says the Lord.
16 This is what the Lord says:
“Stand at the crossroads and look;
ask for the ancient paths,(AH)
ask where the good way(AI) is, and walk in it,
and you will find rest(AJ) for your souls.
But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
17 I appointed watchmen(AK) over you and said,
‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’(AL)
But you said, ‘We will not listen.’(AM)
18 Therefore hear, you nations;
you who are witnesses,
observe what will happen to them.
19 Hear, you earth:(AN)
I am bringing disaster(AO) on this people,
the fruit of their schemes,(AP)
because they have not listened to my words(AQ)
and have rejected my law.(AR)
20 What do I care about incense from Sheba(AS)
or sweet calamus(AT) from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable;(AU)
your sacrifices(AV) do not please me.”(AW)
21 Therefore this is what the Lord says:
“I will put obstacles before this people.
Parents and children alike will stumble(AX) over them;
neighbors and friends will perish.”
22 This is what the Lord says:
“Look, an army is coming
from the land of the north;(AY)
a great nation is being stirred up
from the ends of the earth.(AZ)
23 They are armed with bow and spear;
they are cruel and show no mercy.(BA)
They sound like the roaring sea(BB)
as they ride on their horses;(BC)
they come like men in battle formation
to attack you, Daughter Zion.(BD)”
24 We have heard reports about them,
and our hands hang limp.(BE)
Anguish(BF) has gripped us,
pain like that of a woman in labor.(BG)
25 Do not go out to the fields
or walk on the roads,
for the enemy has a sword,
and there is terror on every side.(BH)
26 Put on sackcloth,(BI) my people,
and roll in ashes;(BJ)
mourn with bitter wailing(BK)
as for an only son,(BL)
for suddenly the destroyer(BM)
will come upon us.
27 “I have made you a tester(BN) of metals
and my people the ore,
that you may observe
and test their ways.
28 They are all hardened rebels,(BO)
going about to slander.(BP)
They are bronze and iron;(BQ)
they all act corruptly.
29 The bellows blow fiercely
to burn away the lead with fire,
but the refining(BR) goes on in vain;
the wicked are not purged out.
30 They are called rejected silver,(BS)
because the Lord has rejected them.”(BT)
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