Verse 6
Jeremiah 6:6
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֣י כֹ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת כִּרְת֣וּ עֵצָ֔ה וְ/שִׁפְכ֥וּ עַל יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם סֹלְלָ֑ה הִ֚יא הָ/עִ֣יר הָפְקַ֔ד כֻּלָּ֖/הּ עֹ֥שֶׁק בְּ/קִרְבָּֽ/הּ
English Translation
For so says the LORD of Hosts: "Cut off counsel and pour out a highway upon Jerusalem; it is the city appointed, all of it is oppression in its midst."
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 6 Context
1
Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tek...
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2
The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.
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3
Shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round abou...
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4
Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day declineth, for...
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5
Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
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6
For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this...
7
As a well casteth forth its waters, so she casteth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is...
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8
Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation,...
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9
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn again...
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10
To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they...
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11
Therefore I am full of the wrath of Jehovah; I am weary with holding in: pour it out upon the childr...
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12
And their houses shall be turned unto others, their fields and their wives together; for I will stre...
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13
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them everyone is given to covetousness; and fro...
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14
They have healed also the hurt of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
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15
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither co...
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16
Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way;...
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17
And I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not...
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18
Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
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19
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because...
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20
To what purpose cometh there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? y...
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21
Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; and the father...
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22
Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, a people cometh from the north country; and a great nation shall be stir...
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23
They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea,...
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24
We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pangs as...
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25
Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, and terror, are on eve...
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26
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning,...
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27
I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.
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28
They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of the...
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29
The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the...
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30
Refuse silver shall men call them, because Jehovah hath rejected them.
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