{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/jeremiah/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T06:13:09.996Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Jeremiah","bookSlug":"jeremiah","chapter":6,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":5,"nextChapter":7,"totalChapters":52,"totalVerses":30},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem; for evil looketh forth from the north, and a great destruction."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day declineth, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"As a well casteth forth its waters, so she casteth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn again thy hand as a grape-gatherer into the baskets."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Therefore I am full of the wrath of Jehovah; I am weary with holding in: pour it out upon the children in the street, 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."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And their houses shall be turned unto others, their fields and their wives together; for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For 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."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"They have healed also the hurt of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Thus saith Jehovah, Stand 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 ."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And I set watchmen over you,'saying , Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"To what purpose cometh there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing unto me."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people; and the fathers and the sons together shall stumble against them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, a people cometh from the north country; and a great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea, and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Zion."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pangs as of a woman in travail."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, and terror, are on every side."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"O daughter 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 destroyer shall suddenly come upon us."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Refuse silver shall men them, because Jehovah hath rejected them."}],"citation":{"inline":"Jeremiah 6 (ASV)","markdown":"[Jeremiah 6](https://primebible.com/asv/jeremiah/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/jeremiah/6 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}