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Jeremiah 6:16

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Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk therein.

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Jeremiah 6:16 in other translations

Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

Jeremiah 6:16 · World English Bible

Jeremiah 6:16 in context

  1. 14They have healed also the hurt of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
  2. 15Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.
  3. 16Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk therein.
  4. 17And I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken.
  5. 18Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.

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