Jeremiah 6

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1O 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 Beth–haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.46 cross-references: Nehemiah 3:14, Joshua 18:21–28, 2 Chronicles 11:6, 2 Samuel 14:2, Jeremiah 4:5–6
2I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.10 cross-references: Isaiah 1:8, Jeremiah 4:31, Lamentations 2:13, Isaiah 3:16–17, Lamentations 2:1
3The 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.12 cross-references: Luke 19:43, Jeremiah 39:1–3, Jeremiah 12:10, Nahum 3:18, 2 Kings 25:1–4
4Prepare 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.15 cross-references: Jeremiah 15:8, Joel 3:9, Zephaniah 2:4, Jeremiah 8:20, Song of Solomon 2:17
5Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.11 cross-references: Jeremiah 52:13, Isaiah 32:14, 2 Chronicles 36:19, Amos 2:5, Hosea 8:14
6For 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.15 cross-references: Jeremiah 32:24, Deuteronomy 20:19–20
7As 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.21 cross-references: Ezekiel 7:11, Jeremiah 20:8, Ezekiel 7:23, James 3:10–12, Isaiah 57:20
8Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.34 cross-references: Ezekiel 23:18, Hosea 9:12, Jeremiah 17:23, Jeremiah 32:33, Zephaniah 3:7
9Thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.7 cross-references: Jeremiah 16:16, Jeremiah 49:9, Obadiah 1:5–6, Jeremiah 52:28–30, Revelation 14:18
10To 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.53 cross-references: Acts 7:51, Jeremiah 7:26, John 7:7, Exodus 6:12, Hebrews 11:7
11Therefore 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.35 cross-references: Jeremiah 9:21, Jeremiah 20:9, Job 32:18–19, Micah 3:8, Luke 17:34
12And 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.26 cross-references: Jeremiah 8:10, Isaiah 5:25, Zephaniah 1:13, Isaiah 9:12, Lamentations 5:3
13For 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.64 cross-references: Jeremiah 23:11, Jeremiah 8:10, Micah 3:11, Jeremiah 22:17, Micah 3:2–3
14They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.35 cross-references: Ezekiel 13:10, Jeremiah 23:17, Jeremiah 4:10, Lamentations 2:14, Jeremiah 14:13
15Were 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.45 cross-references: Jeremiah 8:12, Jeremiah 3:3, Matthew 15:14, Philippians 3:19, Jeremiah 5:29
16Thus 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.76 cross-references: Isaiah 30:21, Jeremiah 18:15, Deuteronomy 32:7, Jeremiah 7:23, Matthew 11:28–29
17Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.23 cross-references: Jeremiah 25:4, Isaiah 58:1, Zechariah 7:11, Isaiah 21:11, Habakkuk 2:1
18Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.8 cross-references: Isaiah 5:3, Jeremiah 31:10, Psalms 50:4–6, Jeremiah 4:10, Deuteronomy 29:24–28
19Hear, 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.42 cross-references: Isaiah 1:2, Acts 8:22, Jeremiah 8:9, Jeremiah 17:10, John 12:48
20To 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.38 cross-references: Isaiah 1:11, Psalms 40:6, Micah 6:6–8, Amos 5:21–22, Isaiah 60:6
21Therefore 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.23 cross-references: Isaiah 8:14, Ezekiel 3:20, Jeremiah 13:16, Isaiah 9:14–17, Romans 9:33
22Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.23 cross-references: Jeremiah 10:22, Jeremiah 50:41–43, Jeremiah 5:15, Jeremiah 6:1, Jeremiah 1:14–15
23They 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.20 cross-references: Isaiah 13:18, Jeremiah 50:42, Habakkuk 1:6–10, Isaiah 19:4, Jeremiah 4:29
24We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.29 cross-references: Jeremiah 49:24, Jeremiah 4:31, Jeremiah 50:43, Isaiah 28:19, Jeremiah 30:6
25Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.22 cross-references: Jeremiah 49:29, Psalms 31:13, Jeremiah 14:18, Job 18:11, Jeremiah 20:10
26O 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.53 cross-references: Zechariah 12:10, Jeremiah 4:8, Micah 1:8–10, Jeremiah 14:17, Jeremiah 4:11
27I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.13 cross-references: Jeremiah 1:18, Jeremiah 15:20, Jeremiah 9:7, Ezekiel 3:8–10, Ezekiel 20:4
28They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.27 cross-references: Jeremiah 9:4, Jeremiah 5:23, Jeremiah 18:18, Psalms 50:20, Jeremiah 20:10
29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.20 cross-references: Ezekiel 24:13, Jeremiah 9:7, Isaiah 49:4, Zechariah 13:9, 1 Peter 4:12
30Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them.24 cross-references: Hosea 9:17, Isaiah 1:22, Psalms 119:119, Isaiah 1:25, Matthew 5:13

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