6:1 O 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 Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction. 
6:1 O 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. 

6:2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate {woman}. 
6:2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate {woman}. 

6:3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch {their} tents against her on every side; they shall feed every one in his place. 
6:3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch {their} tents against her on every side; they shall feed every one in his place. 

6:4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us! for the day departeth, for the shadows of the evening are lengthened. 
6:4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us! for the day departeth, for the shadows of the evening are lengthened. 

6:5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces. 
6:5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces. 

6:6 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. 
6:6 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. 

6:7 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and devastation is heard in her; before me continually {are} grief and wounds. 
6:7 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually {are} grief and wounds. 

6:8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. 
6:8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. 

6:9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thy hand as a grape-gatherer into the baskets. 
6:9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thy hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets. 

6:10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ear {is} uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is to them a reproach; they have no delight in it. 
6:10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear {is} uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is to them a reproach; they have no delight in it. 

6:11 Therefore 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. 
6:11 Therefore 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. 

6:12 And their houses shall be turned to others, {with their} fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD. 
6:12 And their houses shall be turned to others, {with their} fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD. 

6:13 For from the least of them even to the greatest of them every one {is} given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest every one dealeth falsely. 
6:13 For from the least of them even to the greatest of them every one {is} given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest every one dealeth falsely. 

6:14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when {there is} no peace. 
6:14 They have healed also the hurt {of the daughter } of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when {there is} no peace. 

6:15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? no, 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. 
6:15 Were 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. 

6:16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where {is} the good way, and walk in it, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk {in it}. 
6:16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where {is} the good way, and walk in it, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk {in it}. 

6:17 Also I set watchmen over you, {saying}, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. 
6:17 Also I set watchmen over you, {saying}, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. 

6:18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what {is} among them. 
6:18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what {is} among them. 

6:19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, {even} the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened to my words, nor to my law, but have rejected it. 
6:19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, {even} the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened to my words, nor to my law, but have rejected it. 

6:20 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a distant country? your burnt-offerings {are} not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet to me. 
6:20 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a distant country? your burnt offerings {are} not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet to me. 

6:21 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish. 
6:21 Therefore 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. 

6:22 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. 
6:22 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. 

6:23 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. 
6:23 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. 

6:24 We have heard the fame of it: our hands become feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, {and} pain, as of a woman in travail. 
6:24 We have heard the report of it: our hands become feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, {and} pain, as of a woman in travail. 

6:25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy {and} fear {is} on every side. 
6:25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy {and} fear {is} on every side. 

6:26 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. 
6:26 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. 

6:27 I have set thee {for} a tower {and} a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way. 
6:27 I have set thee {for} a tower {and} a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way. 

6:28 They {are} all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: {they are} brass and iron; they {are} all corrupters. 
6:28 They {are} all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: {they are} brass and iron; they {are} all corrupters. 

6:29 The bellows is burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. 
6:29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. 

6:30 Reprobate silver shall {men} call them, because the LORD hath rejected them. 
6:30 Rejected silver shall {men} call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.