Jeremiah 6 - Compare Translations
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Jeremiah 6:1
KJVO ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
WEB“Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the middle of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa and raise up a signal on Beth Haccherem, for evil looks out from the north with a great destruction.
YLTStrengthen yourselves, sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem, And in Tekoa blow ye a trumpet, And over Beth-Haccerem lift ye up a flame, For evil hath been seen from the north, And great destruction.
Jeremiah 6:2
KJVI have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
WEBI will cut off the beautiful and delicate one, the daughter of Zion.
YLTThe comely and the delicate one I have cut off, The daughter of Zion.
Jeremiah 6:3
KJVThe shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.
WEBShepherds with their flocks will come to her. They will pitch their tents against her all around. They will feed everyone in his place.”
YLTUnto her come do shepherds and their droves, They have stricken tents by her round about, They have fed each [in] his own station.
Jeremiah 6:4
KJVPrepare 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.
WEB“Prepare war against her! Arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us! For the day declines, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
YLTSanctify ye against her the battle, Rise, and we go up at noon. Wo to us, for turned hath the day, For stretched out are the shades of evening,
Jeremiah 6:5
KJVArise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
WEBArise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.”
YLT`Rise, and we go up by night, And we destroy her palaces.'
Jeremiah 6:6
KJVFor 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.
WEBFor Yahweh of Armies said, “Cut down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem. This is the city to be visited. She is wholly oppression within herself.
YLTFor thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Cut down her wood, And pour out against Jerusalem a mount, She [is] the city to be inspected, Wholly -- she is oppression in her midst.
Jeremiah 6:7
KJVAs 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.
WEBAs a well produces its waters, so she produces her wickedness. Violence and destruction is heard in her. Sickness and wounds are continually before me.
YLTAs the digging of a well, is [for] its waters, So she hath digged [for] her wickedness, Violence and spoil is heard in her, Before My face continually [are] sickness and smiting.
Jeremiah 6:8
KJVBe thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
WEBBe instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from you; lest I make you a desolation, an uninhabited land.”
YLTBe instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.
Jeremiah 6:9
KJVThus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.
WEBYahweh of Armies says, “They will thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel like a vine. Turn again your hand as a grape gatherer into the baskets.”
YLTThus said Jehovah of Hosts: They surely glean, as a vine, the remnant of Israel, Put back thy hand, as a gatherer to the baskets.
Jeremiah 6:10
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Jeremiah 6:11
KJVTherefore I am full of the fury of the Lord; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
WEBTherefore I am full of Yahweh’s wrath. I am weary with holding it in.
YLTAnd with the fury of Jehovah I have been filled, (I have been weary of containing,) To pour [it] on the suckling in the street, And on the assembly of youths together, For even husband with wife are captured, An elder with one full of days,
Jeremiah 6:12
KJVAnd their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord.
WEBTheir houses will be turned to others,
YLTAnd their houses have been turned to others, Fields and wives together, For I stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 6:13
KJVFor from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
WEB“For from their least even to their greatest, everyone is given to covetousness.
YLTFor from their least unto their greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, And from prophet even unto priest, Every one is dealing falsely,
Jeremiah 6:14
KJVThey have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
WEBThey have healed also the hurt of my people superficially,
YLTAnd they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, `Peace, peace!' and there is no peace.
Jeremiah 6:15
KJVWere they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
WEBWere they ashamed when they had committed abomination?
YLTThey were ashamed when they did abomination! Yea, they are not at all ashamed, Yea, blushing they have not known, Therefore they do fall among those falling, In the time I have inspected them, They stumble, said Jehovah.
Jeremiah 6:16
KJVThus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
WEBYahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
YLTThus said Jehovah: Stand ye by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, Where [is] this -- the good way? and go ye in it, And find rest for yourselves. And they say, `We do not go.'
Jeremiah 6:17
KJVAlso I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
WEBI set watchmen over you, saying, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’ But they said, ‘We will not listen!’
YLTAnd I have raised up for you watchmen, Attend ye to the voice of the trumpet. And they say, `We do not attend.'
Jeremiah 6:18
KJVTherefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
WEBTherefore hear, you nations, and know, congregation, what is among them.
YLTTherefore hear, O nations, and know, O company, That which [is] upon them.
Jeremiah 6:19
KJVHear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
WEBHear, earth! Behold, I will bring evil on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
YLTHear, O earth, lo, I am bringing evil on this people, The fruit of their devices, For to My words they gave no attention, And My law -- they kick against it.
Jeremiah 6:20
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Jeremiah 6:21
KJVTherefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
WEBTherefore Yahweh says, “Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people. The fathers and the sons together will stumble against them. The neighbor and his friend will perish.”
YLTTherefore thus said Jehovah: Lo, I do give to this people stumbling blocks, And stumbled against them have fathers and sons together, The neighbour and his friend do perish.
Jeremiah 6:22
KJVThus saith the Lord, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
WEBYahweh says, “Behold, a people comes from the north country. A great nation will be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
YLTThus said Jehovah: Lo, a people hath come from a north country, And a great nation is stirred up from the sides of the earth.
Jeremiah 6:23
KJVThey 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.
WEBThey take hold of bow and spear. They are cruel, and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Zion.”
YLTBow and javelin they take hold of, Fierce it [is], and they have no mercy, Their voice as a sea doth sound, And on horses they ride, set in array as a man of war, Against thee, O daughter of Zion.
Jeremiah 6:24
KJVWe have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
WEBWe have heard its report. Our hands become feeble. Anguish has taken hold of us, and pains as of a woman in labor.
YLT`We have heard its sound, feeble have been our hands, Distress hath seized us, pain as of a travailing woman.
Jeremiah 6:25
KJVGo not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
WEBDon’t go out into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and terror are on every side.
YLTGo not forth to the field, And in the way walk not, For a sword hath the enemy, fear [is] round about.
Jeremiah 6:26
KJVO 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.
WEBDaughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and wallow in ashes! Mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for the destroyer will suddenly come on us.
YLTO daughter of My people, Gird on sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes, The mourning of an only one make for thee, A lamentation most bitter, For suddenly come doth the spoiler against us.
Jeremiah 6:27
KJVI have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
WEB“I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people, that you may know and try their way.
YLTA watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.
Jeremiah 6:28
KJVThey are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
WEBThey are all grievous rebels, going around to slander. They are brass and iron. All of them deal corruptly.
YLTAll of them are turned aside by apostates, Walking slanderously -- brass and iron, All of them are corrupters.
Jeremiah 6:29
KJVThe bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
WEBThe bellows blow fiercely. The lead is consumed in the fire. In vain they go on refining, for the wicked are not plucked away.
YLTThe bellows have been burnt, By fire hath the lead been consumed, In vain hath a refiner refined, And the wicked have not been drawn away.
Jeremiah 6:30
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