Jeremiah 6:15 - Prayer Tents

Jeremiah 6

Destruction of Jerusalem Impending

6"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.H1121H1144H5756H7130H3389H8628H7782H8620H5375H4864H1021H7451H8259H6828H1419H76672"The comely and dainty one, the daughter of Zion, I will cut off.H1820H1323H6726H5116H60263"Shepherds and their flocks will come to her, They will pitch [their] tents around her, They will pasture each in his place.H7462H5739H935H8628H168H5439H7462H376H30274"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!H6942H4421H6965H5927H6672H188H3117H6437H6752H6153H51865"Arise, and let us attack by night And destroy her palaces!"H6965H5927H3915H7843H7596For 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.H3068H6635H559H3772H6097H8210H5550H3389H5892H6485H6233H71307"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.H953H6979H4325H6979H7451H2555H7701H8085H6440H8548H2483H43478"Be warned, O Jerusalem, Lest I be alienated from you; Lest I make you a desolation, A land not inhabited."H3256H3389H5315H3363H7760H8077H776H34279Thus 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."H559H3068H6635H5953H5953H7611H3478H1612H7725H3027H1219H555210To 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.H1696H5749H8085H241H6189H3201H7181H1697H3068H2781H265411But 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.H4392H2534H3068H3811H3557H8210H5768H2351H5475H970H3162H376H802H3920H2205H4390H311712"And 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.H1004H5437H312H7704H802H3162H5186H3027H3427H776H5002H306813"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.H6996H1419H1214H1215H5030H3548H6213H826714"And they have healed the brokenness of My people superficially, Saying, 'Peace, peace,' But there is no peace.H7495H7667H1323H5971H7043H559H7965H7965H796515"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.H3001H6213H8441H1571H954H954H1571H3045H3637H5307H5307H6256H6485H3782H559H306816Thus 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 shall find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk [in it].'H559H3068H5975H1870H7200H7592H5769H5410H2896H1870H3212H4672H4771H5315H559H321217"And I set watchmen over you, [saying,] 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet!' But they said, 'We will not listen.'H6965H6822H7181H6963H7782H559H718118"Therefore hear, O nations, And know, O congregation, what is among them.H8085H1471H3045H571219"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.H8085H776H935H7451H5971H6529H4284H7181H1697H8451H398820"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."H935H3828H7614H2896H7070H4801H776H5930H7522H2077H614921Therefore, 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."H559H3068H5414H4383H5971H1H1121H3162H3782H7934H7453H6

The Enemy from the North

22Thus 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.H559H3068H5971H935H6828H776H1419H1471H5782H3411H77623"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!"H2388H7198H3591H394H7355H6963H1993H3220H7392H5483H6186H376H4421H1323H672624We have heard the report of it; Our hands are limp. Anguish has seized us, Pain as of a woman in childbirth.H8085H8089H3027H7503H6869H2388H2427H320525Do not go out into the field, And do not walk on the road, For the enemy has a sword, Terror is on every side.H3318H7704H3212H1870H2719H341H4032H543926O 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.H1323H5971H2296H8242H6428H665H6213H60H3173H8563H4553H7703H6597H93527"I have made you an assayer [and] a tester among My people, That you may know and assay their way."H5414H969H4013H5971H3045H974H187028All of them are stubbornly rebellious, Going about as a talebearer. [ They are] bronze and iron; They, all of them, are corrupt.H5493H5637H1980H7400H5178H1270H784329The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the wicked are not separated.H4647H2787H5777H8552H800H784H6884H6884H7723H7451H542330They call them rejected silver, Because the LORD has rejected them.H3988H3701H7121H3068H3988