Jeremiah 6:1-7 ▼

1 [“] Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin (son of the right hand); flee from Jerusalem (city of peace)! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa (a stockade); send up a signal over Beth-haccherem (house of the vineyard), for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.

2 Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.

3 Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:

4 ‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.

5 Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’”

6 For this is what the LORD {YHWH} of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem (city of peace). This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.

7 As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.