Jeremiah 6:1-8 — Legacy Standard Bible

Yahweh Disciplines Israel

6“Flee for safety, O sons of ^aBenjamin,From the midst of Jerusalem!Now blow a trumpet in TekoaAnd raise a signal over ¹^,^bBeth-haccerem,For evil looks down from the ^cnorth,As well as great destruction.²“The comely and ^adelicate one, ^bthe daughter of Zion, I will ruin.³“^aShepherds and their flocks will come to her;They will ^bpitch their tents ¹around her;They will pasture each in his ²place.⁴“^aSet yourselves apart for war against her;Arise, and let us go up at ^bnoon.Woe to us, for the day declines,For the shadows of the evening stretch out!⁵“Arise, and let us go up by nightAnd ¹^,^adestroy her ²palaces!”⁶For thus says Yahweh of hosts,“^aCut down her treesAnd cast up a ^bsiege against Jerusalem.This is the city to be punished,In whose midst there is only ^coppression.⁷“^aLike a well ¹keeps its waters fresh,So she ²keeps fresh her evil.^bViolence and devastation are heard in her;^cSickness and wounds are continually before Me.⁸“^aHeed discipline, O Jerusalem,Lest ^bMy soul become disgusted at you,Lest I make you a desolation,A land not inhabited.”