5 Up! let us go up by night, and send destruction on her great houses.
For the fair houses will have no man living in them; the town which was full of noise will become a waste; the hill and the watchtower will be unpeopled for ever, a joy for the asses of the woods, a place of food for the flocks;
And he had the house of the Lord and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned with fire:
For death has come up into our windows, forcing its way into our great houses; cutting off the children in the streets and the young men in the wide places.
But if you do not give ear to me, to keep the Sabbath day holy, and to let no weight be lifted and taken through the doors of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: then I will put a fire in its doorways, burning up the great houses of Jerusalem, and it will never be put out.
For Israel has no memory of his Maker, and has put up the houses of kings; and Judah has made great the number of his walled towns. But I will send a fire on his towns and put an end to his great houses.
And I will send a fire on Judah, burning up the great houses of Jerusalem.
For they have no knowledge of how to do what is right, says the Lord, who are storing up violent acts and destruction in their great houses. For this reason, says the Lord, an attacker will come, shutting in the land on every side; and your strength will come down and your great houses will be made waste.
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Commentary on Jeremiah 6 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 6
In this chapter, as before, we have,
Jer 6:1-8
Here is
Jer 6:9-17
The heads of this paragraph are the very same with those of the last; for precept must be upon precept and line upon line.
Jer 6:18-30
Here,