Jeremiah 6

Jeremiah 6
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Book of Jeremiah in Hebrew Bible, MS. Sassoon 1053, images 283-315.
Book	Book of Jeremiah
Bible part	Old Testament
Order in the Bible part	24
Category	Nevi'im

Jeremiah 6 is the sixth chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, and is a part of the Book of the Prophets.^[1][2]

Text

• The original text is written in Hebrew language.
• This chapter is divided into 30 verses.

Textual versions

Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:

• Masoretic Text (10th century)
• Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC)^[3]
  • 4QJer^a (4Q70): extant: verse 30

Ancient translations in Koine Greek:

• Septuagint (3rd century BC)
• Theodotion version (~AD 180)

Structure

This chapter can be grouped into:

• Jeremiah 6:1-30 = Impending Destruction from the North

Verse 1

O ye children of Benjamin,

gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem,

and blow the trumpet in Tekoa,

and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem:

for evil appeareth out of the north,

and great destruction.^[4]

Verse 20

To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba,

and the sweet cane from a far country?

your burnt offerings are not acceptable,

nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.^[5]

Verse 23

They shall lay hold on bow and spear;

they are cruel, and have no mercy;

their voice roareth like the sea;

and they ride upon horses,

set in array as men for war against thee,

O daughter of Zion.^[6]

See also

• Related Bible parts: Exodus 30, Joshua 15, Joshua 18, Jeremiah 1, Jeremiah 5, Joel 3, Amos 1

Notes and references

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