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Jeremiah 6:1
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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
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| Jeremiah 6:2 |
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I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely
and delicate woman. |
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| Jeremiah 6:3 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 6:4 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 6:5 |
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Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy
her palaces. |
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| Jeremiah 6:6 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 6:7 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 6:8 |
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Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul
depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. |
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| Jeremiah 6:9 |
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Thus 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. |
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| Jeremiah 6:10 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 6:11 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 6:12 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 6:13 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 6:14 |
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They have healed also the hurt of the daughter
of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. |
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| Jeremiah 6:15 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 6:16 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 6:17 |
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Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken
to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. |
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| Jeremiah 6:18 |
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Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation,
what is among them. |
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| Jeremiah 6:19 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 6:20 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 6:21 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 6:22 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 6:23 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 6:24 |
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We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax
feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail. |
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| Jeremiah 6:25 |
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Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the
way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side. |
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| Jeremiah 6:26 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 6:27 |
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I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among
my people, that thou mayest know and try their way. |
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| Jeremiah 6:28 |
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They are all grievous revolters, walking with
slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters. |
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| Jeremiah 6:29 |
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The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed
of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. |
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| Jeremiah 6:30 |
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Reprobate silver shall men call them, because
the LORD hath rejected them. |
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