Jeremiah 6:22-26
Legacy Standard Bible
Mourn the Coming Destroyer
22 Thus says Yahweh,
“Behold, (A)a people is coming from the land of the north,
And a great nation will be aroused from the (B)remote parts of the earth.
23 They take hold of (C)bow and spear;
They are (D)cruel and have no compassion;
Their voice (E)roars like the sea,
And they ride on horses,
Arranged as a man for the battle
Against you, O daughter of Zion!”
24 We have (F)heard the report of it;
Our hands are limp.
(G)Distress has taken hold of us,
Pain as of a woman in childbirth.
25 (H)Do not go out into the field
And (I)do not walk on the road,
For the enemy has a sword;
(J)Terror is on every side.
26 O daughter of my people, (K)gird yourself with sackcloth
And (L)roll in ashes;
[a](M)Mourn as for an only son,
A lamentation most bitter.
For suddenly the destroyer
Will come upon us.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 6:26 Lit Make for yourself mourning
Jeremiah 6:22-26
Common English Bible
Panic-stricken Zion
22 The Lord proclaims:
An army is on the move
from the northern regions;
a great nation is roused
from the ends of the earth.
23 Equipped with bow and spear,
they are cruel;
they show no mercy.
Their horsemen sound
like the roaring sea,
arrayed in battle formation
against you, Daughter Zion.
24 We have heard reports of them
and are panic-stricken;
distress overwhelms us,
pain like that of a woman in labor.
25 Don’t go out into the field!
Don’t walk on the road!
The enemies’ sword
terrorizes at every turn.
26 My people,
put on funeral clothes and roll in ashes;
weep and wail as for an only child,
because the destroyer will suddenly descend upon us.
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