Jeremiah 6:1-7 ▼

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, As well as great destruction.

2 The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, I will ruin.

3 Shepherds and their flocks will come to her; They will pitch their tents around her; They will pasture each in his place.

4 Set yourselves apart for war against her; Arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us, for the day declines, For the shadows of the evening stretch out!

5 Arise, and let us go up by night And destroy her palaces!”

6 For thus says Yahweh 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.

7 Like a well keeps its waters fresh, So she keeps fresh her evil. Violence and devastation are heard in her; Sickness and wounds are continually before Me.