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| 6:1 |
"Flee for safety, O sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem! Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa And raise a signal over Beth-haccerem; For evil looks down from the north, And a great destruction.
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| 6:2 |
"The comely and dainty one, the daughter of Zion, I will cut off.
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| 6:3 |
"Shepherds and their flocks will come to her, They will pitch their tents around her, They will pasture each in his place.
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| 6:4 |
"Prepare war against her; Arise, and let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the day declines, For the shadows of the evening lengthen!
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| 6:5 |
"Arise, and let us attack by night And destroy her palaces!"
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| 6:6 |
For thus says the Lord of hosts, "Cut down her trees And cast up a siege against Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished, In whose midst there is only oppression.
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| 6:7 |
"As a well keeps its waters fresh, So she keeps fresh her wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard in her; Sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
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| 6:8 |
"Be warned, O Jerusalem, Or I shall be alienated from you, And make you a desolation, A land not inhabited."
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| 6:9 |
Thus says the Lord of hosts, "They will thoroughly glean as the vine the remnant of Israel; Pass your hand again like a grape gatherer Over the branches."
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| 6:10 |
To whom shall I speak and give warning That they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed And they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the Lord has become a reproach to them; They have no delight in it.
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| 6:11 |
But I am full of the wrath of the Lord; I am weary with holding it in. "Pour it out on the children in the street And on the gathering of young men together; For both husband and wife shall be taken, The aged and the very old.
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| 6:12 |
"Their houses shall be turned over to others, Their fields and their wives together; For I will stretch out My hand Against the inhabitants of the land," declares the Lord.
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| 6:13 |
"For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is greedy for gain, And from the prophet even to the priest Everyone deals falsely.
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| 6:14 |
"They have healed the brokenness of My people superficially, Saying, 'Peace, peace,' But there is no peace.
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| 6:15 |
"Were they ashamed because of the abomination they have done? They were not even ashamed at all; They did not even know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; At the time that I punish them, They shall be cast down," says the Lord.
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| 6:16 |
Thus says the Lord, "Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, Where the good way is, and walk in it; And you will find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it.'
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| 6:17 |
"And I set watchmen over you, saying, 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet!' But they said, 'We will not listen.'
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| 6:18 |
"Therefore hear, O nations, And know, O congregation, what is among them.
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| 6:19 |
"Hear, O earth: behold, I am bringing disaster on this people, The fruit of their plans, Because they have not listened to My words, And as for My law, they have rejected it also.
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| 6:20 |
"For what purpose does frankincense come to Me from Sheba And the sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable And your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me."
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| 6:21 |
Therefore, thus says the Lord, "Behold, I am laying stumbling blocks before this people. And they will stumble against them, Fathers and sons together; Neighbor and friend will perish."
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| 6:22 |
Thus says the Lord, "Behold, a people is coming from the north land, And a great nation will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth.
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| 6:23 |
"They seize bow and spear; They are cruel and have no mercy; Their voice roars like the sea, And they ride on horses, Arrayed as a man for the battle Against you, O daughter of Zion!"
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| 6:24 |
We have heard the report of it; Our hands are limp. Anguish has seized us, Pain as of a woman in childbirth.
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| 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.
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| 6:26 |
O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth And roll in ashes; Mourn as for an only son, A lamentation most bitter. For suddenly the destroyer Will come upon us.
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| 6:27 |
"I have made you an assayer and a tester among My people, That you may know and assay their way."
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| 6:28 |
All of them are stubbornly rebellious, Going about as a talebearer. They are bronze and iron; They, all of them, are corrupt.
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| 6:29 |
The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the wicked are not separated.
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| 6:30 |
They call them rejected silver, Because the Lord has rejected them.
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