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Jeremiah - ch 6 v 21 - 30
- Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people; and the fathers and the sons together shall stumble against them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish.
- Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, a people cometh from the north country; and a great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
- They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea, and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Zion.
- We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, `and' pangs as of a woman in travail.
- Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, `and' terror, are on every side.
- O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.
- I have made thee a trier `and' a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.
- They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.
- The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.
- Refuse silver shall men them, because Jehovah hath rejected them.
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