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Jeremiah 6:23

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21Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.Select Jeremiah 6:21

22Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.Select Jeremiah 6:22

23They 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.Select Jeremiah 6:23

24We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.Select Jeremiah 6:24

25Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.Select Jeremiah 6:25

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6:23 They take hold of bow and spear. They are cruel, and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Zion.”

ASV

6:23 They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea, and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Zion.

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