Jeremiah 6:10–21

10 To whom shall I speak and give warning

That they may hear?

Behold, their aears are 1closed

And they cannot listen.

Behold, bthe word of the Lord has become a reproach to them;

They have no delight in it.

11 But I am afull of the wrath of the Lord;

I am bweary with holding it in.

“cPour it out on the children in the street

And on the 1gathering of young men together;

For both husband and wife shall be taken,

The aged 2and the very old.

12 “Their ahouses shall be turned over to others,

Their fields and their wives together;

For I will bstretch out My hand

Against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the Lord.

13 “For afrom the least of them even to the greatest of them,

Everyone is bgreedy for gain,

And from the prophet even to the priest

Everyone 1deals falsely.

14 “They have ahealed the brokenness of My people superficially,

Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’

But there is no peace.

15 “Were they aashamed because of the abomination they have done?

They were not even ashamed at all;

They did not even know how to blush.

Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;

At the time that I punish them,

They shall be cast down,” says the Lord.

16 Thus says the Lord,

“Stand by the ways and see and ask for the aancient paths,

Where the good way is, and walk in it;

And byou will find rest for your souls.

But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

17 “And I set awatchmen over you, saying,

‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’

But they said, ‘We will not listen.’

18 “Therefore hear, O nations,

And know, O congregation, what is among them.

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

The bfruit of their 1plans,

Because they have not listened to My words,

And as for My law, they have crejected it also.

20 “aFor what purpose does bfrankincense come to Me from Sheba

And the 1csweet cane from a distant land?

dYour burnt offerings are not acceptable

And your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me.”

21 Therefore, thus says the Lord,

“Behold, aI am 1laying stumbling blocks before this people.

And they will stumble against them,

bFathers and sons together;

Neighbor and 2friend will perish.”