D.
Jehovah the Husband's determination in correcting the wife
6:1-30
Jer. 6
:1
6:1
Seek refuge, O children of Benjamin,
From the midst of Jerusalem;
And blow the trumpet in Tekoa
And raise up a signal on
1Beth-haccerem;
For evil looks down from the
2north,
And great destruction.
Jer. 6
:2
6:2
The comely and delicate one,
The daughter of Zion, I will cut off.
Jer. 6
:3
6:3
Shepherds will come to her
With their flocks;
They will pitch tents against her all around;
They will feed each one in his place.
Jer. 6
:4
6:4
1Prepare war against her;
Rise up, and let us go up at noon.
Woe to us, for the day has declined,
For the shadows of evening are lengthening.
Jer. 6
:5
6:5
Rise up, and let us go up at night
And destroy her palaces.
Jer. 6
:6
6:6
For thus says Jehovah of hosts,
Cut down her trees and build up
A
amound against Jerusalem.
This is the city to be punished;
In her midst there is only oppression.
Jer. 6
:7
6:7
As a cistern keeps its waters fresh,
So she has kept her wickedness fresh.
Violence and destruction are heard in her;
Sickness and wounds are always before Me.
Jer. 6
:8
6:8
Be admonished, O Jerusalem,
Lest My
adesire for you depart,
Lest I make you a desolation,
An uninhabited land.
Jer. 6
:9
6:9
Thus says Jehovah of hosts,
They will thoroughly
1glean like a vine
The remnant of Israel;
Pass your hand again over the branches
Like a grape gatherer.
Jer. 6
:10
6:10
To whom shall I speak and testify,
That they may hear?
Indeed, their
aear is uncircumcised,
And they are unable to listen.
See, the word of Jehovah has become a reproach to them;
They have no delight in it.
Jer. 6
:11
6:11
Yet I am full of the wrath of Jehovah;
I am weary of
aholding it in.
Pour
it out upon the children in the street
And upon the assembly of the young men together;
For even the husband with the wife will be taken;
The old man, with the one who is full of days.
Jer. 6
:12
6:12
aAnd their houses will be turned over to others,
Fields and wives together;
For I will stretch out My hand
Over the inhabitants of the land,
Declares Jehovah.
Jer. 6
:13
6:13
For from the least of them to the greatest of them,
Everyone is wresting unjust gain;
And from the prophet to the priest,
Everyone is dealing falsely.
Jer. 6
:14
6:14
aAnd they have healed
The brokenness of My people slightly,
Saying,
bPeace, peace;
Although there is no peace.
Jer. 6
:15
6:15
Were they ashamed when they committed abomination?
They were not at all ashamed;
They did not even know to blush.
Therefore they will fall with those who fall;
At the time I punish them, they will stumble,
Says Jehovah.
Jer. 6
:16
6:16
Thus says Jehovah,
Stand by the ways and see,
And ask for the ancient paths;
Ask where the good way is, and walk in it;
And you will find
arest for your souls.
But they said, We will not walk
in it.
Jer. 6
:17
6:17
So I set watchmen over you,
saying,
Listen to the sound of the trumpet.
But they said, We will not listen.
Jer. 6
:18
6:18
Therefore hear, O nations,
And understand, O assembly,
What
I will do to them.
Jer. 6
:19
6:19
Listen, O earth; I am now bringing evil
On this people,
The fruit of their thoughts;
Because they have not listened to My words,
And they have also rejected My law.
Jer. 6
:20
6:20
For what purpose does frankincense come to Me from Sheba,
And sweet cane from a distant land?
You’re
aburnt offerings are not acceptable,
And your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me.
Jer. 6
:21
6:21
Therefore thus says Jehovah,
I am now laying before this people stumbling blocks,
And fathers and sons together
Will stumble against them;
A neighbor and his friend will perish.
Jer. 6
:22
6:22
Thus says Jehovah,
aSee, a people is coming from the land of the
bnorth,
And a great nation is stirring from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Jer. 6
:23
6:23
They grasp bow and spear;
They are cruel and have no mercy;
Their voice roars like the sea;
And they ride upon horses,
Set in array as a man for battle
Against you, O daughter of Zion.
Jer. 6
:24
6:24
We have heard its report;
Our hands are feeble;
Distress has seized us,
Pain like a
awoman in childbirth.
Jer. 6
:25
6:25
Do not go out into the field,
And do not walk on the road;
For the enemy has a sword;
Terror is on every side.
Jer. 6
:26
6:26
O daughter of my people, gird yourself in sackcloth
And roll in ashes;
aMourn as for an only son,
A most bitter wailing;
For suddenly the destroyer
Will come upon us.
Jer. 6
:27
6:27
I have set you as a trier among My people, as a fortress,
That you may know and try their way.
Jer. 6
:28
6:28
All of them are most rebellious,
Going about as slanderers;
They are bronze and iron;
All of them act corruptly.
Jer. 6
:29
6:29
The bellows are burned;
The lead is consumed by the fire;
The refining continues in vain,
For the wicked are not removed.
Jer. 6
:30
6:30
Men will call them rejected silver,
Because Jehovah has rejected them.
