Jeremiah 6:4-6

The Voice

⁴    “Get ready for the battle,” they cry.
        “Come on, let’s attack. It’s already noon!
    But look, the day is half over—
        the shadows are growing longer.
⁵    So arise, let us launch our attack at night.
        The palaces will fall in the darkness!”

⁶This is what the Eternal, Commander of heavenly armies, decrees.

Eternal One: Cut down her trees—make battering rams and siege ramps—
        for Jerusalem will soon be under attack.
    Swarm over those walls, you invading hoards,
        and punish My Jerusalem, the city of oppression.

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