Jeremiah 6:9-12

Common English Bible

Unresponsive people

⁹This is what the Lord of heavenly forces says:
From top to bottom, let them harvest
    the remaining few in Israel.
        Pick clean every
        last grape on the vine!
¹⁰To whom can I speak and warn?
    How can I get someone’s attention?
        Their ears are shut tight,^[a]
        so they won’t hear.
They are ashamed of the Lord’s word
    and take no pleasure in it.
¹¹But I’m filled with the Lord’s rage
    and am tired of holding it in.

Pour it out on the children in the streets
    and on the youths gathered together;
    husband with wife will be trapped,
        as will those old and gray.
¹²Their homes will be turned over to others,
    their fields and wives as well.
I will stretch out my hand
    against the people of this land,
        declares the Lord.