Verse 6
Jeremiah 6:6
Literal Standard Version
6
For thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Cut down her wood, || And pour out a mound against Jerusalem, || She is the city to be inspected, || She is full of oppression in her midst.
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."
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Chapter 6 Context
1
“Strengthen yourselves, sons of Benjamin, || From the midst of Jerusalem, || And blow a horn in Teko...
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2
I have cut off the lovely and delicate one, || The daughter of Zion.
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3
Shepherds and their droves come to her, || They have struck tents by her all around, || They have ea...
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4
“Sanctify the battle against her, || Rise, and we go up at noon. Woe to us, for the day has turned,...
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5
Rise, and we go up by night, || And we destroy her palaces.”
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6
For thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Cut down her wood, || And pour out a mound against Jerusalem, || She i...
7
As the digging of a well, is for its waters, || So she has dug for her wickedness, || Violence and s...
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8
Be instructed, O Jerusalem, || Lest My soul be alienated from you, || Lest I make you a desolation,...
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9
Thus said YHWH of Hosts: “They surely glean, as a vine, the remnant of Israel, || Put your hand back...
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10
To whom do I speak, and testify, and they hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, || And they are...
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11
And I have been filled with the fury of YHWH || (I have been weary of containing), “To pour it on th...
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12
And their houses have been turned to others, || Fields and wives together, || For I stretch out My h...
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13
“For from their least to their greatest, || Everyone is gaining dishonest gain, || And from prophet...
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14
And they heal the breach of the daughter of My people slightly, || Saying, Peace, peace! And there i...
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15
They were ashamed when they did abomination! Indeed, they are not at all ashamed, || Indeed, they ha...
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16
Thus said YHWH: “Stand by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, || Where is this—the good way?...
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17
And I have raised up watchmen for you, || Attend to the voice of the horn. And they say, We do not a...
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18
Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O congregation, || That which is on them.
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19
Hear, O earth, behold, I am bringing evil on this people, || The fruit of their plans, || For they g...
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20
Why is this to Me? Frankincense comes from Sheba, || And the sweet cane from a far-off land, || Your...
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21
Therefore, thus said YHWH: “Behold, I give stumbling blocks to this people, || And fathers and sons...
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22
Thus said YHWH: “Behold, a people has come from a north country, || And a great nation is stirred up...
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23
They take hold of bow and javelin, || It is fierce, and they have no mercy, || Their voice sounds as...
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24
We have heard its sound, our hands have been feeble, || Distress has seized us, pain as of a travail...
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25
Do not go forth to the field, || And do not walk in the way, || For the enemy has a sword, || Fear i...
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26
O daughter of my people, || Gird on sackcloth, || And roll yourself in ashes, || Make mourning as fo...
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27
“I have given you a watchtower, || A fortress among My people, || And you know, and have tried their...
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28
All of them are turned aside by apostates, || Walking slanderously—bronze and iron, || All of them a...
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29
The bellows have been burned, || The lead has been consumed by fire, || A refiner has refined in vai...
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30
They have called them rejected silver, || For YHWH has kicked against them!”
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