Jeremiah 6:6-15

Jeremiah 6:6-15

[6] For thus hath the LORD  of hosts  said,  Hew ye down  trees,  and cast  a mount  against Jerusalem:  this is the city  to be visited;  she is wholly oppression  in the midst  [7] As a fountain  casteth out  her waters,  so she casteth out  her wickedness:  violence  and spoil  is heard  in her; before me  continually  is grief  and wounds.  [8] Be thou instructed,  O Jerusalem,  lest my soul  depart  from thee; lest I make  thee desolate,  a land  not inhabited.  [9] Thus saith  the LORD  of hosts,  They shall throughly  the remnant  of Israel  as a vine:  turn back  thine hand  as a grapegatherer  into the baskets.  [10] To whom shall I speak,  and give warning,  that they may hear?  behold, their ear  is uncircumcised,  and they cannot  hearken:  behold, the word  of the LORD  is unto them a reproach;  they have no delight  in it. [11] Therefore I am full  of the fury  of the LORD;  I am weary  with holding in:  I will pour it out  upon the children  abroad,  and upon the assembly  of young men  together:  for even the husband  with the wife  shall be taken,  the aged  with him that is full  of days.  [12] And their houses  shall be turned  unto others,  with their fields  and wives  together:  for I will stretch out  my hand  upon the inhabitants  of the land,  saith  the LORD.  [13] For from the least  of them even unto the greatest  of them every one is given  to covetousness;  and from the prophet  even unto the priest  every one dealeth  falsely.  [14] They have healed  also the hurt  of my people  slightly,  saying,  Peace,  [15] Were they ashamed  when they had committed  abomination?  nay,  they were not at all  neither  could  they blush:  therefore they shall fall  at the time  that I visit  them they shall be cast down,  saith  the LORD.