For this is what the Lord of Hosts says:

Cut down the trees;(A)
raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem.
This city must be punished.
There is nothing but oppression within her.(B)
As a well gushes out its water,
so she pours out her evil.[a]
Violence and destruction(C) resound in her.
Sickness and wounds keep coming to My attention.
Be warned, Jerusalem,
or I will turn away from you;(D)
I will make you a desolation,
a land without inhabitants.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:7 Or well keeps its water fresh, so she keeps her evil fresh

This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Cut down the trees(A)
    and build siege ramps(B) against Jerusalem.
This city must be punished;
    it is filled with oppression.(C)
As a well pours out its water,
    so she pours out her wickedness.
Violence(D) and destruction(E) resound in her;
    her sickness and wounds are ever before me.
Take warning, Jerusalem,
    or I will turn away(F) from you
and make your land desolate
    so no one can live in it.”

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