A moment in scripture
Jeremiah 6:4
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Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
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The surrounding passage
- Jeremiah 6:2
I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
- Jeremiah 6:3
The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.
- Jeremiah 6:5
Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
- Jeremiah 6:6
For thus hath the Lord of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.