Jeremiah 6:22-30 ▼

22 Thus says Yahweh, “Behold, a people is coming from the land of the north, And a great nation will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth.

23 They take hold of bow and spear; They are cruel and have no compassion; Their voice roars like the sea, And they ride on horses, Arranged as a man for the battle Against you, O daughter of Zion!”

24 We have heard the report of it; Our hands are limp. Distress has taken hold of us, Pain as of a woman in childbirth.

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.

26 O daughter of my people, gird yourself with sackcloth And roll in ashes; Mourn as for an only son, A lamentation most bitter. For suddenly the destroyer Will come upon us.

27 “I have made you a tester of metals and an assayer among My people, That you may know and test their way.”

28 All of them are rebelliously stubborn, Going about as a slanderer. They are bronze and iron; They, all of them, are corrupt.

29 The bellows blow fiercely; The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the evil ones are not separated.

30 They call them rejected silver Because Yahweh has rejected them.