Arise! Let’s go up by night, and let’s destroy her palaces.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Jeremiah 6:5 in context
Jeremiah 6:2–8
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Shepherds with their flocks will come to her. They will pitch their tents against her all around. They will feed everyone in his place.”
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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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Arise! Let’s go up by night, and let’s destroy her palaces.”
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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.
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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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Be instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from you, lest I make you a desolation, an uninhabited land.”
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