Jeremiah 6:6-8

The Voice

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.
⁷    Like fresh water from a well,
        fresh wickedness flows from deep inside of her.
    Sounds of cruelty and destruction rumble through this city;
        her wounds are always before Me.
⁸    Take Me seriously, O Jerusalem; this warning is for you!
        Listen to My words and turn away from evil
    Or I will turn away from you in disgust.
        I will turn you into a land so barren that no one would dare to live there.