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Jeremiah 6:25

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Don’t go out into the fields. Don’t go on the roads because the enemy has swords, and there is danger everywhere.

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Their tents and flocks will be taken away. Their tents and all their riches will be carried off. Their enemy will take away the camels. Men will shout this to them: ‘Terrible things are happening all around us.’

I hear people whispering against me. Everywhere, I hear things that frighten me. Even my friends are speaking against me. People are just waiting for me to make a mistake. They are saying, “Let us lie and say that he did something bad. Maybe we can trick Jeremiah. Then we will have him. We will finally be rid of him. Then we will grab him and take our revenge on him.”

If I go into the country, I see the bodies of those killed in war. If I go into the city, I see people sick from hunger. The priests and prophets continue their work, but they don’t understand what is happening.’”

I hear them whispering about me. They have turned against me and plan to kill me.

On every side terrors frighten them. Fears follow every step they take.

A time is coming when your enemies will build a wall around you and hold you in on all sides.

“They will say, ‘Why are we just sitting here? Come, let’s run to the strong cities. If the Lord our God is going to make us die, then let’s die there. We have sinned against the Lord, so he has given us poisoned water to drink.

Then I, Jeremiah, said, “Lord GOD, you have tricked the people of Judah and Jerusalem. You said to them, ‘You will have peace.’ But now the sword is pointing at their throats!”

“Give this message to the people of Judah: Tell everyone in the city of Jerusalem: ‘Blow the trumpet all over the country.’ Shout out loud and say, ‘Come together! Let us all escape to the strong cities for protection.’

But if you refuse to listen and rebel against me, your enemies will destroy you.” The Lord himself said this.

In those times of trouble, no one could travel safely. There was great trouble in all the nations.

This is what the Lord said: “We hear people crying from fear. There is fear, not peace.

What do I see? That army is afraid. The soldiers are running away. Their brave soldiers are defeated. They run away in a hurry. They don’t look back. There is danger all around.” This is what the Lord said.

You invited terror to come to me from all around. You invited terror as though you were inviting it to a festival. No one escaped on the day of the Lord’s anger. My enemy killed the people who I raised and brought up.

We hoped to have peace, but nothing good has come. We hoped that he would forgive us, but only disaster has come.

But this is what the Lord GOD All-Powerful says: “I will bring troubles to you from every side. You will all run away, and no one will be able to bring you together again.”

They will wear sackcloth and be covered with fear. You will see the shame on every face. They will shave their heads to show their sadness.

“Then I, too, will clap my hands and stop showing my anger. I, the Lord, have spoken!”




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