OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 4

Jeremiah 6:4

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“Prepare war against her! Arise! Let’s go up at noon. Woe to us! For the day declines, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

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Jeremiah 6:1–7

1

“Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the middle of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa and raise up a signal on Beth Haccherem, for evil looks out from the north with a great destruction.

2

I will cut off the beautiful and delicate one, the daughter of Zion.

3

Shepherds with their flocks will come to her. They will pitch their tents against her all around. They will feed everyone in his place.”

4
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“Prepare war against her! Arise! Let’s go up at noon. Woe to us! For the day declines, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

5

Arise! Let’s go up by night, and let’s destroy her palaces.”

6

For the LORD of Armies said, “Cut down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem. This is the city to be visited. She is filled with oppression within herself.

7

As a well produces its waters, so she produces her wickedness. Violence and destruction is heard in her. Sickness and wounds are continually before me.

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