Jeremiah — Chapter 6

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Jeremiah 6:1 ^RO ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

Josh 15:63; Josh 18:21-28

Jeremiah 6:2 I have likened the ^Rdaughter of Zion to a ^Tcomely and delicate woman.

Jer 4:31; Isa 1:8

dwelling at home

Jeremiah 6:3 The ^Rshepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.

Nah 3:18

Jeremiah 6:4 ^RPrepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

Jer 5:10; Jer 51:27-28

Jeremiah 6:5 Arise, and let us go by night, and ^Rlet us destroy her palaces.

Jer 9:21; Jer 17:27

Jeremiah 6:6 For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and ^Tcast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.

pour out the engine of shot

Jeremiah 6:7 As ^Ra fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.

Prov 4:23; Isa 57:20

Jeremiah 6:8 ^RBe thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul ^Tdepart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.

Jer 4:14; Jer 7:3-7

be loosed, or, disjointed

Jeremiah 6:9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, ^RThey shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.

Jer 16:16; Jer 49:9

Jeremiah 6:10 ^RTo whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

Jer 5:4-5; Isa 28:9-13

Jeremiah 6:11 ^RTherefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.

Jer 20:9; Job 32:18-19

Jeremiah 6:12 ^RAnd their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD.

Jer 8:10; Deut 28:30-33,39-43

Jeremiah 6:13 ^RFor from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

Jer 8:10; Jer 14:18

Jeremiah 6:14 They have ^Rhealed also the ^Thurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Jer 8:11-12; Ezek 13:10

bruise, or, breach

Jeremiah 6:15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they ^Rblush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

Ezek 2:4; Ezek 16:24-25

Jeremiah 6:16 Thus saith the LORD, ^RStand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

Jer 18:15; Deut 32:7

Jeremiah 6:17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

Jeremiah 6:18 Therefore ^Rhear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.

Jer 4:10; Jer 31:10

Jeremiah 6:19 Hear, ^RO earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

Jer 22:29; Deut 4:26

Jeremiah 6:20 ^RTo what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

Ps 40:6; Ps 50:7-13,16-17

Jeremiah 6:21 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, ^RI will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.

Jer 13:16; Isa 8:14

Jeremiah 6:22 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, ^Ra people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.

Jer 6:1; Jer 1:14-15

Jeremiah 6:23 ^RThey shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.

Jer 5:16; Jer 50:42

Jeremiah 6:24 ^RWe have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

Jer 4:6-9,19-21; Isa 28:19

Jeremiah 6:25 ^RGo not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

Jer 4:5; Jer 8:14

Jeremiah 6:26 O ^Rdaughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

Jer 6:14; Jer 4:11

Jeremiah 6:27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

Jeremiah 6:28 They are ^Rall grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.

Jer 5:23; Isa 1:5

Jeremiah 6:29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; ^Rthe founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.

Jer 9:7; Prov 17:3

Jeremiah 6:30 ^R^TReprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.

Ps 119:119; Prov 25:4

Refuse silver

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📖 What We’re Reading

Jeremiah 6:1–10 — A besieged city refuses to hear

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Warnings call Benjamin to flee Jerusalem as northern destruction approaches. Violence fills the city, and its people treat the Lord’s word as a reproach rather than a delight.

Key Truth: Listen when truth challenges comfort.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Jeremiah 6:11–20 — False peace and rejected paths

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Greed and deceit lead leaders to promise peace without healing the wound. The Lord invites his people to the good way and sends watchmen, but they refuse; costly offerings cannot substitute for hearing.

Key Truth: Seek the good way rather than comforting falsehood.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Jeremiah 6:21–30 — A cruel invader and a failed refining

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Fear spreads before a merciless northern army, and mourning is called for. Jeremiah is pictured testing the people like metal, yet the refining does not remove their wickedness.

Key Truth: Let correction produce real repentance.

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Isaiah 48:18 — Heeding God’s commandments is associated with peace.

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