Jeremiah 6:6
4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
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 of her.
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.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.
- KJV
- 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 of her.
- WEB
- For the LORD of Armies said, “Cut down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem. This is the city to be visited. She is filled with oppression within herself.
- ASV
- For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
- DARBY
- For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said: Hew ye down trees, and cast a mound against Jerusalem. She is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
- BLB
- For thus says YHWH of Hosts: “Cut down trees, and pour out against Jerusalem a siege mound! She [is] the city to be punished, in her midst all of her of oppression.
- ÅB
- For så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Fell trær og kast opp en voll mot Jerusalem! Det er byen som skal hjemsøkes; den er aldeles full av undertrykkelse i sitt indre.
- OTB
- For dette sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: ‘Hogg ned trærne og bygg beleiringsramper mot Jerusalem. Denne byen må straffes; den er fylt med undertrykkelse.
- B1930
- For så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Fell trær og kast op en voll mot Jerusalem! Det er byen som skal hjemsøkes; den er aldeles full av undertrykkelse i sitt indre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 32:24
Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 20:19–20
When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:
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