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The Enemy Surrounds Jerusalem

“Run for your lives, people of Benjamin!
    Run away from the city of Jerusalem!
Blow the war trumpet in the city of Tekoa!
    Put up the warning flag in the city of Beth Hakkerem!
Do these things because disaster is coming from the north.[a]
    Terrible destruction is coming to you.
Jerusalem,[b] you are like a beautiful meadow.[c]
    But I will destroy you!
Enemy shepherds will surround you
    with all their flocks.
They will set up their tents all around you,
    and each one will let his sheep eat the grass.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:1 north The Babylonian army came from this direction to attack Judah. Armies from countries north and east of Israel often came this way to attack Judah and Israel.
  2. Jeremiah 6:2 Jerusalem Literally, “daughter Zion.” See “Zion” in the Word List.
  3. Jeremiah 6:2 you are like a beautiful meadow The Hebrew text here is hard to understand.

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