Thus says the Lord of hosts:

“They shall thoroughly glean as a vine the remnant of Israel;
As a grape-gatherer, put your hand back into the branches.”

10 To whom shall I speak and give warning,
That they may hear?
Indeed their (A)ear is uncircumcised,
And they cannot give heed.
Behold, (B)the word of the Lord is a reproach to them;
They have no delight in it.
11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord.
(C)I am weary of holding it in.
“I will pour it out (D)on the children outside,
And on the assembly of young men together;
For even the husband shall be taken with the wife,
The aged with him who is full of days.
12 And (E)their houses shall be turned over to others,
Fields and wives together;
For I will stretch out My hand
Against the inhabitants of the land,” says the Lord.
13 “Because from the least of them even to the greatest of them,
Everyone is given to (F)covetousness;
And from the prophet even to the (G)priest,
Everyone deals falsely.
14 They have also (H)healed the [a]hurt of My people [b]slightly,
(I)Saying, ‘Peace, peace!’
When there is no peace.
15 Were they (J)ashamed when they had committed abomination?
No! They were not at all ashamed;
Nor did they know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
At the time I punish them,
They shall be cast down,” says the Lord.

16 Thus says the Lord:

“Stand in the ways and see,
And ask for the (K)old paths, where the good way is,
And walk in it;
Then you will find (L)rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.
17 Also, I set (M)watchmen over you, saying,
(N)‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’
But they said, ‘We will not listen.’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:14 Lit. crushing
  2. Jeremiah 6:14 Superficially

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