Jeremiah 6 (NET)

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Jeremiah 6:1¹“Run for safety, people of Benjamin! Get out of Jerusalem! Sound the trumpet in Tekoa! Light the signal fires at Beth Hakkerem! For disaster lurks out of the north; it will bring great destruction.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Neh 3:14 2 Chr 11:6 2 Sam 14:2 Jer 4:5-6 Jer 6:22 Josh 18:21-28 Judg 1:21 Amos 1:1 Ezek 26:7-21 Jer 1:14-15

Jeremiah 6:2²I will destroy Daughter Zion, who is as delicate and defenseless as a young maiden.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 1:8 Jer 4:31 Isa 3:16-17 Lam 2:1 Lam 2:13

Jeremiah 6:3³Kings will attack her with their armies. They will encamp in siege all around her. Each of them will devastate the portion assigned to him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 19:43 Jer 39:1-3 2 Kgs 24:10-12 2 Kgs 24:2 2 Kgs 25:1-4 Jer 12:10 Jer 4:16-17 Nah 3:18

Jeremiah 6:4⁴They will say, ‘Prepare to do battle against it! Come on! Let’s attack it at noon!’ But later they will say, ‘Woe to us! For the day is almost over, and the shadows of evening are getting long.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 15:8 Joel 3:9 Zeph 2:4 Jer 8:20 Isa 13:2-5 Isa 5:26-30 Jer 5:10 Jer 51:27-28 Song 2:17

Jeremiah 6:5⁵So come on, let’s go ahead and attack it by night and destroy all its fortified buildings.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 32:14 Jer 52:13 2 Chr 36:19 Amos 2:5 Amos 3:10-11 Hos 8:14 Jer 17:27 Jer 9:21 Ps 48:3 Zech 11:1

Jeremiah 6:6⁶All this is because the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has said: ‘Cut down the trees around Jerusalem and build up a siege ramp against its walls. This is the city that is to be punished. Nothing but oppression happens in it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 20:19-20 Jer 32:24

Jeremiah 6:7⁷As a well continually pours out fresh water so it continually pours out wicked deeds. Sounds of violence and destruction echo throughout it. All I see are sick and wounded people.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 7:11 Ezek 7:23 Jer 20:8 Isa 57:20 Jas 3:10-12 Ezek 22:3-12 Mic 2:1-2 Mic 2:8-10 Mic 3:1-3 Mic 3:9-12

Jeremiah 6:8⁸So take warning, Jerusalem, or I will abandon you in disgust and make you desolate, a place where no one can live.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 23:18 Hos 9:12 Jer 17:23 Jer 32:33 Jer 35:13-15 Ps 50:17 Zeph 3:7 Deut 32:29 Jer 2:15 Jer 31:19

Jeremiah 6:9⁹This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies said to me: “Those who remain in Israel will be like the grapes thoroughly gleaned from a vine. So go over them again, as though you were a grape harvester passing your hand over the branches one last time.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 16:16 Jer 49:9 Obad 1:5-6 Jer 52:28-30 Rev 14:18

Jeremiah 6:10¹⁰I answered, “Who would listen if I spoke to them and warned them? Their ears are so closed that they cannot hear! Indeed, the Lord’ s message is offensive to them. They do not like it at all.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 7:51 Jer 7:26 Heb 11:7 John 7:7 Exod 6:12 Isa 53:1 2 Chr 36:15-16 2 Tim 4:3 Acts 7:60 Amos 7:10

Jeremiah 6:11¹¹I am as full of anger as you are, Lord, I am tired of trying to hold it in.” The Lord answered, “Vent it, then, on the children who play in the street and on the young men who are gathered together. Husbands and wives are to be included, as well as the old and those who are advanced in years.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 20:9 Jer 9:21 Job 32:18-19 Mic 3:8 Acts 17:16 Acts 18:5 Acts 4:20 Ezek 3:14 Ezek 9:6 Jer 18:21

Jeremiah 6:12¹²Their houses will be turned over to others as will their fields and their wives. For I will unleash my power against those who live in this land,” says the Lord.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 8:10 Isa 5:25 1 Chr 21:16 Deut 28:30-33 Deut 28:39-43 Isa 10:4 Isa 65:21-22 Isa 9:12 Isa 9:17 Isa 9:21

Jeremiah 6:13¹³“That is because, from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all of them practice deceit.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 23:11 Jer 8:10 Mic 3:11 Jer 22:17 Mic 3:2-3 Ezek 22:25-28 Isa 57:17 Jer 14:18 Jer 5:31 Mic 3:5

Jeremiah 6:14¹⁴They offer only superficial help for the harm my people have suffered. They say, ‘Everything will be all right!’ But everything is not all right!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 13:10 Jer 23:17 Jer 4:10 Lam 2:14 Jer 14:13 Jer 8:11-12 2 Pet 2:18-19 Mic 2:11 2 Pet 2:1 Isa 30:26

Jeremiah 6:15¹⁵Are they ashamed because they have done such shameful things? No, they are not at all ashamed. They do not even know how to blush! So they will die, just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them,” says the Lord.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 8:12 Jer 3:3 Matt 15:14 Phil 3:19 Exod 32:34 Ezek 14:9-10 Ezek 16:24-25 Ezek 2:4 Ezek 24:7 Ezek 7:6-9

Jeremiah 6:16¹⁶The Lord said to his people: “You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. Ask where the old, reliable paths are. Ask where the path is that leads to blessing and follow it. If you do, you will find rest for your souls.” But they said, “We will not follow it!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 30:21 Deut 32:7 Jer 18:15 Matt 11:28-29 Jer 7:23 Col 2:6 Isa 2:5 Jer 18:12 John 12:35 Jer 22:21

Jeremiah 6:17¹⁷The Lord said, “I appointed prophets as watchmen to warn you, saying, ‘Pay attention to the warning sound of the trumpet!’” But they said, “We will not pay attention!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 25:4 Isa 58:1 Isa 21:11 Zech 7:11 Hab 2:1 Isa 56:10 Acts 20:27-31 Amos 3:6-8 Ezek 3:17-21 Ezek 33:2-9

Jeremiah 6:18¹⁸So the Lord said, “Hear, you nations! Be witnesses and take note of what will happen to these people.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 29:24-28 Isa 5:3 Jer 31:10 Jer 4:10 Mic 6:5 Ps 50:4-6

Jeremiah 6:19¹⁹Hear this, you peoples of the earth: ‘Take note! I am about to bring disaster on these people. It will come as punishment for their scheming. For they have paid no attention to what I have said, and they have rejected my law.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 1:2 Acts 8:22 Jer 17:10 Jer 8:9 Hos 10:13 Hos 4:6 Jer 22:29 Jer 6:10 John 12:48 John 3:19-21

Jeremiah 6:20²⁰I take no delight when they offer up to me frankincense that comes from Sheba or sweet-smelling cane imported from a faraway land. I cannot accept the burnt offerings they bring me. I get no pleasure from the sacrifices they offer to me.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 1:11 Amos 5:21-22 Isa 60:6 Mic 6:6-8 Ps 40:6 Exod 30:23 Isa 43:23-24 Isa 66:3 Jer 7:21-23 Ps 50:7-13

Jeremiah 6:21²¹So, this is what the Lord says: “I will assuredly make these people stumble to their doom. Parents and children will stumble and fall to their destruction. Friends and neighbors will die.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 8:14 Ezek 3:20 Jer 13:16 Isa 9:14-17 1 Pet 2:8 2 Chr 36:17 Ezek 5:10 Ezek 9:5-7 Isa 24:2-3 Jer 15:2-9

Jeremiah 6:22²²This is what the Lord says: “Beware! An army is coming from a land in the north. A mighty nation is stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 10:22 Jer 50:41-43 Jer 1:14-15 Jer 25:9 Jer 5:15 Jer 6:1

Jeremiah 6:23²³Its soldiers are armed with bows and spears. They are cruel and show no mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride forth on their horses. Lined up in formation like men going into battle to attack you, Daughter Zion.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 13:18 Jer 50:42 Ezek 23:22-25 Hab 1:6-10 Isa 19:4 Isa 5:26-30 Jer 30:14 Jer 4:13 Jer 4:29 Jer 5:16

Jeremiah 6:24²⁴The people cry out, “We have heard reports about them. We have become helpless with fear! Anguish grips us, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 4:31 Jer 49:24 Jer 50:43 Isa 21:3 Isa 28:19 Jer 13:21 Jer 30:6 Jer 4:19-21 1 Thess 5:3 Ezek 21:6-7

Jeremiah 6:25²⁵Do not go out into the countryside. Do not travel on the roads. For the enemy is there with sword in hand. They are spreading terror everywhere.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 49:29 Jer 14:18 Jer 20:10 Job 18:11 Ps 31:13 2 Chr 15:5 Isa 1:20 Jer 20:3-4 Jer 4:10 Jer 4:5

Jeremiah 6:26²⁶So I said, “Oh, my dear people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with painful sobs as though you had lost your only child. For any moment now that destructive army will come against us.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 4:8 Zech 12:10 Amos 8:10 Ezek 27:30-31 Ezek 7:16-18 Isa 22:12 Isa 22:4 Isa 30:13 Isa 32:11 Jas 4:9

Jeremiah 6:27²⁷The Lord said to me, “I have made you like a metal assayer to test my people like ore. You are to observe them and evaluate how they behave.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 1:18 Jer 15:20 Ezek 20:4 Ezek 22:2 Ezek 3:8-10 Jer 9:7

Jeremiah 6:28²⁸I reported, “All of them are the most stubborn of rebels! They are as hard as bronze or iron. They go about telling lies. They all deal corruptly.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 9:4 Jer 5:23 Ezek 22:18-22 Jer 18:18 Isa 1:4-5 Isa 31:6 Jer 20:10 Jer 6:30 Ps 50:20 Rev 11:18

Jeremiah 6:29²⁹The fiery bellows of judgment burn fiercely. But there is too much dross to be removed. The process of refining them has proved useless. The wicked have not been purged.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Pet 4:12 Ezek 24:13 Hos 11:7 Isa 49:4 Jer 9:7 Mal 3:2-3 Prov 17:3 Zech 13:9 1 Pet 1:7