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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Jeremiah 6 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/jeremiah/6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/jeremiah/6-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Jeremiah 6</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jeremiah/5.htm" title="Jeremiah 5">◄</a> Jeremiah 6 <a href="../jeremiah/7.htm" title="Jeremiah 7">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/jeremiah/6.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Jerusalem’s Last Warning</p><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“Run for your lives, you people of Benjamin!</p><p class="line2">Get out of Jerusalem!</p><p class="line1">Sound the alarm in Tekoa!</p><p class="line2">Send up a signal at Beth-hakkerem!</p><p class="line1">A powerful army is coming from the north,</p><p class="line2">coming with disaster and destruction.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>O Jerusalem,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> you are my beautiful and delicate daughter—</p><p class="line2">but I will destroy you!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Enemies will surround you, like shepherds camped around the city.</p><p class="line2">Each chooses a place for his troops to devour.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They shout, ‘Prepare for battle!</p><p class="line2">Attack at noon!’</p><p class="line1">‘No, it’s too late; the day is fading,</p><p class="line2">and the evening shadows are falling.’</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>‘Well then, let’s attack at night</p><p class="line2">and destroy her palaces!’”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says:</p><p class="line1">“Cut down the trees for battering rams.</p><p class="line2">Build siege ramps against the walls of Jerusalem.</p><p class="line1">This is the city to be punished,</p><p class="line2">for she is wicked through and through.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>She spouts evil like a fountain.</p><p class="line2">Her streets echo with the sounds of violence and destruction.</p><p class="line2">I always see her sickness and sores.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Listen to this warning, Jerusalem,</p><p class="line2">or I will turn from you in disgust.</p><p class="line1">Listen, or I will turn you into a heap of ruins,</p><p class="line2">a land where no one lives.”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says:</p><p class="line1">“Even the few who remain in Israel</p><p class="line2">will be picked over again,</p><p class="line1">as when a harvester checks each vine a second time</p><p class="line2">to pick the grapes that were missed.”</p><p class="hdg">Judah’s Constant Rebellion</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>To whom can I give warning?</p><p class="line2">Who will listen when I speak?</p><p class="line1">Their ears are closed,</p><p class="line2">and they cannot hear.</p><p class="line1">They scorn the word of the LORD.</p><p class="line2">They don’t want to listen at all.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So now I am filled with the LORD’s fury.</p><p class="line2">Yes, I am tired of holding it in!</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“I will pour out my fury on children playing in the streets</p><p class="line2">and on gatherings of young men,</p><p class="line1">on husbands and wives</p><p class="line2">and on those who are old and gray.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Their homes will be turned over to their enemies,</p><p class="line2">as will their fields and their wives.</p><p class="line1">For I will raise my powerful fist</p><p class="line2">against the people of this land,”</p><p class="line2">says the LORD.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“From the least to the greatest,</p><p class="line2">their lives are ruled by greed.</p><p class="line1">From prophets to priests,</p><p class="line2">they are all frauds.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They offer superficial treatments</p><p class="line2">for my people’s mortal wound.</p><p class="line1">They give assurances of peace</p><p class="line2">when there is no peace.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Are they ashamed of their disgusting actions?</p><p class="line2">Not at all—they don’t even know how to blush!</p><p class="line1">Therefore, they will lie among the slaughtered.</p><p class="line2">They will be brought down when I punish them,”</p><p class="line2">says the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">Judah Rejects the LORD’s Way</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>This is what the LORD says:</p><p class="line1">“Stop at the crossroads and look around.</p><p class="line2">Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it.</p><p class="line1">Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls.</p><p class="line2">But you reply, ‘No, that’s not the road we want!’</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I posted watchmen over you who said,</p><p class="line2">‘Listen for the sound of the alarm.’</p><p class="line1">But you replied,</p><p class="line2">‘No! We won’t pay attention!’</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Therefore, listen to this, all you nations.</p><p class="line2">Take note of my people’s situation.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Listen, all the earth!</p><p class="line2">I will bring disaster on my people.</p><p class="line1">It is the fruit of their own schemes,</p><p class="line2">because they refuse to listen to me.</p><p class="line2">They have rejected my word.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>There’s no use offering me sweet frankincense from Sheba.</p><p class="line2">Keep your fragrant calamus imported from distant lands!</p><p class="line1">I will not accept your burnt offerings.</p><p class="line2">Your sacrifices have no pleasing aroma for me.”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Therefore, this is what the LORD says:</p><p class="line2">“I will put obstacles in my people’s path.</p><p class="line1">Fathers and sons will both fall over them.</p><p class="line2">Neighbors and friends will die together.”</p><p class="hdg">An Invasion from the North</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>This is what the LORD says:</p><p class="line1">“Look! A great army coming from the north!</p><p class="line2">A great nation is rising against you from far-off lands.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>They are armed with bows and spears.</p><p class="line2">They are cruel and show no mercy.</p><p class="line1">They sound like a roaring sea</p><p class="line2">as they ride forward on horses.</p><p class="line1">They are coming in battle formation,</p><p class="line2">planning to destroy you, beautiful Jerusalem.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a>”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>We have heard reports about the enemy,</p><p class="line2">and we wring our hands in fright.</p><p class="line1">Pangs of anguish have gripped us,</p><p class="line2">like those of a woman in labor.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Don’t go out to the fields!</p><p class="line2">Don’t travel on the roads!</p><p class="line1">The enemy’s sword is everywhere</p><p class="line2">and terrorizes us at every turn!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Oh, my people, dress yourselves in burlap</p><p class="line2">and sit among the ashes.</p><p class="line1">Mourn and weep bitterly, as for the loss of an only son.</p><p class="line2">For suddenly the destroying armies will be upon you!</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“Jeremiah, I have made you a tester of metals,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="line2">that you may determine the quality of my people.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>They are the worst kind of rebel,</p><p class="line2">full of slander.</p><p class="line1">They are as hard as bronze and iron,</p><p class="line2">and they lead others into corruption.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The bellows fiercely fan the flames</p><p class="line2">to burn out the corruption.</p><p class="line1">But it does not purify them,</p><p class="line2">for the wickedness remains.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/6-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>I will label them ‘Rejected Silver,’</p><p class="line2">for I, the LORD, am discarding them.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">6:2 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Daughter of Zion.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">6:23 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">daughter of Zion.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">6:27 </span><span class="ft">As in Greek version; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">a tester of my people a fortress.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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