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Chapter 6[a]

Invasion and Destruction

O people of Jerusalem, flee for safety!
    Depart immediately from Jerusalem!
Sound the trumpet in Tekoa![b]
    Raise a signal over Beth-haccherem!
For disaster looms from the north,
    immense destruction will ensue.
The beautiful and delicate daughter Zion
    faces imminent destruction.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:1 The nation has not heeded the word of God. God is about to strike without pity.
  2. Jeremiah 6:1 Tekoa, a little south of Bethlehem, and Beth-haccherem, west of Jerusalem, were places near the capital. The poetic style allowed the use of varied concrete names instead of repeating “Jerusalem.”