Jeremiah 6:22-30
An Invasion from the North

22 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.

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23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they [are] cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.

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24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.

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25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy [and] fear [is] on every side.

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26 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 spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

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27 I have set thee [for] a tower [and] a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

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28 They [are] all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: [they are] brass and iron; they [are] all corrupters.

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29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.

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30 Reprobate silver shall [men] call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.

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