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Jeremiah 6:18-30

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18“Therefore hear, you nations,

And know, you congregation, what is among them.

19“Hear, earth: behold, I am bringing disaster on this people,

The fruit of their plans,

Because they have not listened to My words,

And as for My Law, they have rejected it also.

20“For what purpose does frankincense come to Me from Sheba,

And the sweet cane from a distant land?

Your burnt offerings are not acceptable

And your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me.”

21Therefore, this is what the Lord says:

“Behold, I am placing stumbling blocks before this people.

And they will stumble against them,

Fathers and sons together;

Neighbor and friend will perish.”

22This is what the Lord says:

“Behold, there is a people coming from the north land,

And a great nation will be stirred up from the remote parts of the earth.

23“They seize bow and spear;

They are cruel and have no mercy;

Their voice roars like the sea,

And they ride on horses,

Lined up as a man for the battle

Against you, daughter of Zion!”

24We have heard the report of it;

Our hands are limp.

Anguish has seized us,

Pain like that of a woman in childbirth.

25Do not go out into the field,

And do not walk on the road;

For the enemy has a sword,

Terror is on every side.

26Daughter of my people, put on sackcloth

And roll in ashes;

Mourn as for an only son,

A most bitter mourning.

For suddenly the destroyer

Will come against us.

27“I have made you an assayer and an examiner among My people,

So that you may know and put their way to the test.”

28All of them are stubbornly rebellious,

Going about as a slanderer;

They are bronze and iron.

They are, all of them, corrupt.

29The bellows blow fiercely,

The lead is consumed by the fire;

In vain the refining goes on,

But the wicked are not separated.

30They call them rejected silver,

Because the Lord has rejected them.