Jeremiah 6:25
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Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
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They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’
If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”
For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.
But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.
Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.