Jeremiah 6  Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

6 ‘Run for cover^(A)
out of Jerusalem, Benjaminites.
Sound the ram’s horn^(B) in Tekoa;^(C)
raise a smoke signal^(D) over Beth-haccherem,^[a]
for disaster threatens from the north,^(E)
even a crushing blow.
² Though she is beautiful and delicate,
I will destroy^[b] Daughter Zion.
³ Shepherds and their flocks will come against her;
they will pitch their tents all around her.^(F)
Each will pasture his own portion.
⁴ Set them apart for war^(G) against her;
rise up, let’s attack at noon.
Woe to us, for the day is passing;
the evening shadows grow long.
⁵ Rise up, let’s attack by night.
Let’s destroy her fortresses.’

¹⁰ Who can I speak to and give such a warning^[d]
that they will listen?
Look, their ear is uncircumcised,^[e],^(N)
so they cannot pay attention.
See, the word of the Lord has become contemptible to them –
they find no pleasure in it.^(O)
11 But I am full of the Lord’s wrath;
I am tired of holding it back.^(P)
Pour it out on the children in the street,^(Q)
on the gathering of young men as well.
For both husband and wife will be captured,
the old with the very old.^[f]
12 Their houses will be turned over to others,^(R)
their fields and wives as well,
for I will stretch out my hand^(S)
against the inhabitants of the land.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

¹³ For from the least to the greatest of them,^(T)
everyone is making profit dishonestly.^(U)
From prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.^(V)
14 They have treated my people’s brokenness superficially,
claiming, ‘Peace, peace,’^(W)
when there is no peace.
¹⁵ Were they ashamed when they acted so detestably?
They weren’t at all ashamed.
They can no longer feel humiliation.^(X)
Therefore, they will fall among the fallen.
When I punish them, they will collapse,^(Y)
says the Lord.

¹⁸ Therefore listen, you nations
and you witnesses,
learn what the charge is against them.
¹⁹ Listen, earth!
I am about to bring disaster on these people,
the fruit of their own plotting,^(AC)
for they have paid no attention to my words.
They have rejected my instruction.^(AD)
20 What use to me is frankincense from Sheba^(AE)
or sweet cane^(AF) from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable;
your sacrifices do not please me.^(AG)
21 Therefore, this is what the Lord says:
I am going to place stumbling blocks before these people;
fathers and sons together will stumble over them;^(AH)
friends and neighbours will also perish.

²⁴ We have heard about it,
and our hands have become weak.
Distress has seized us –
pain, like a woman in labour.^(AN)
25 Don’t go out to the fields;
don’t walk on the road.
For the enemy has a sword;
terror is on every side.^(AO)

²⁶ My dear^[g] people, dress yourselves in sackcloth
and roll in the dust.^(AP)
Mourn as you would for an only son,^(AQ)
a bitter lament,
for suddenly the destroyer^(AR) will come on us.^(AS)