24_JER_06_01 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.
24_JER_06_02 I have likened the daughter of Zion to A comely And delicate [ woman].
24_JER_06_03 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.
24_JER_06_04 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.
24_JER_06_05 Arise, And let us go by night, And let us destroy her palaces.
24_JER_06_06 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.
24_JER_06_07 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.
24_JER_06_08 be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul Depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, A land not inhabited.
24_JER_06_09 thus saith the LORD of hosts, they shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as A vine: turn back thine hand as A grapegatherer into the baskets.
24_JER_06_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.
24_JER_06_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.
24_JER_06_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.
24_JER_06_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.
24_JER_06_14 they have healed also the hurt [ of the daughter] of my people slightly, saying, peace, peace; when [ there Is] no peace.
24_JER_06_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.
24_JER_06_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].
24_JER_06_17 also I set watchmen over you, [ saying], hearken to the sound of the trumpet. but they said, we will not hearken.
24_JER_06_18 therefore hear, ye nations, And know, O congregation, what [ Is] among them.
24_JER_06_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.
24_JER_06_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.
24_JER_06_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.
24_JER_06_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.
24_JER_06_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_JER_06_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.
24_JER_06_25 go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy [ And] Fear [ Is] on every side.
24_JER_06_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.
24_JER_06_27 I have set thee [ for] A tower [ And] A fortress among my people, that thou mayest know And try their way.
24_JER_06_28 they [ are] all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: [ they are] brass And iron; they [ are] all corrupters.
24_JER_06_29 the bellows are burned, the lead Is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
24_JER_06_30 reprobate silver shall [ men] call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.