Jeremiah 6:1-8

Evangelical Heritage Version

6 Flee for safety, people of Benjamin!
Get out of Jerusalem!
Blow the ram’s horn in Tekoa.^[b]
Raise a signal over Beth Hakkerem!
Disaster and great destruction threaten from the north.
² I will silence the beautiful, pampered daughter of Zion.^[c]
3 Shepherds and their flocks will come against her.
They will pitch their tents all around.
Each one will pasture his flock in his own spot.

⁴ Consecrate yourselves for war against her.
Rise up, we will attack at noon!

We are doomed! The day is ending.
The evening shadows are getting longer.

⁵ We should get up and attack at night
and destroy its citadels.

⁶ This is what the Lord of Armies says.
Cut down her trees.
Raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem.
This city must be punished.
There is nothing but oppression inside her.
⁷ Just as a well pours out fresh^[d] water,
she pours out fresh evil.
Violence and destruction are heard in her.
Sickness and wounds are always before me.
⁸ Be warned, Jerusalem,
or I will turn away from you.
I will make your land desolate,
so that no one can live there.