Graphic Bible · Scene 6 of 7

Jeremiah and villagers look toward a distant line of northern riders on a dusty horizon.
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Jeremiah 6:22-26

The report from the north

The Ancient Paths and Rejected Silver · Jeremiah 6

Story guide: The distant force fills the people with dread and calls forth bitter mourning.

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22Thus says Yahweh: Behold, a people is coming from the land of the north, and a great nation is stirred up from the farthest parts of the earth.

23They wield bows and javelins; they are cruel and show no mercy. Their sound roars like the sea, and they ride on horses, drawn up like a warrior for battle against you, Daughter Zion.

24We have heard the report about the enemy; our hands hang limp. Distress has seized us, pain like that of a woman in labor.

25Do not go out into the open country or travel on the road, for the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.

26Daughter of my people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes; mourn as for an only son, with a most bitter lamentation, for the destroyer will suddenly come upon us.

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