Hi there, this is Mary Demuth and this is Pray Every Day, where I have the joy and privilege of praying you through the Bible verse by verse on this last day of October. I hope it's a great day for you. Today, I'm reading from Jeremiah chapter 6 verses 1 through 15 in the World English Bible. This is what it says.

Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the

middle of Jerusalem, blow the trumpet into Koa, and raise up a signal on Beth Hakaram, for evil

looks out from the north with a great destruction. I will cut off the beautiful and delicate one,

the daughter of Zion.

Shepherds with their flocks will come to her.

They will pitch their tents against her.

All around, they will feed everyone in his place.

Prepare war against her.

Arise.

Let's go up at noon.

Woe to us.

For the day declines, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out. stretched out arise let's go up by night and let's destroy her palaces for Yahweh of army said cut down trees and cast up a mound against

Jerusalem this is the city to be visited she is filled with oppression within herself.

As a well produces its waters, so she produces her wickedness.

Violence and destruction is heard in her.

Sickness and wounds are continually before me.

Be instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from you,

lest I make you a desolation, an uninhabited land.

Yahweh of army says, they will thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel like a vine.

Turn again your hand as a grape gatherer into the baskets.

To whom shall I speak and testify that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised and they cannot listen.

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