Jeremiah 6:10–19

10 Who can I speak to and give such a warningD

that they will listen?

Look, their ear is uncircumcised,E,ab

so they cannot pay attention.

See, the word of the Lord has become contemptible to them—

they find no pleasure in it.ac

11 But I am full of the Lord’s wrath;

I am tired of holding it back.a

Pour it out on the children in the street,b

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,c

their fields and wives as well,

for I will stretch out my handd

against the inhabitants of the land.

This is the Lord’s declaration.

13 For from the least to the greatest of them,e

everyone is making profit dishonestly.f

From prophet to priest,

everyone deals falsely.g

14 They have treated my people’s brokenness superficially,

claiming, “Peace, peace,”h

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.i

Therefore, they will fall among the fallen.

When I punish them, they will collapse,j

says the Lord.

DISASTER BECAUSE OF DISOBEDIENCE

16 This is what the Lord says:

Stand by the roadways and look.

Ask about the ancient paths,k

“Which is the way to what is good?”

Then take it

and find rest for yourselves.l

But they protested, “We won’t!”

17 I appointed watchmen over youm

and said, “Listen for the sound of the trumpet.”

But they protested, “We won’t listen!”

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,n

for they have paid no attention to my words.

They have rejected my instruction.o