9 Thus says the Lord of hosts , "They will thoroughly glean as the vine the remnant of Israel ; Pass your hand again like a grape gatherer Over the branches ." 10 To whom shall I speak and give warning That they may hear ? Behold , their ears are closed And they cannot e listen . Behold , the word of the Lord has become a reproach to them; They have no delight in it. 11 But I am full of the wrath of the Lord ; I am weary with holding it in. " Pour it out on the children in the street And on the gathering of young men together ; For both husband and wife shall be taken , The aged and the very e old e . 12 "Their houses shall be turned over to others , Their fields and their wives together ; For I will stretch out My hand Against the inhabitants of the land ," declares the Lord . 13 "For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is greedy for gain , And from the prophet even to the priest Everyone deals falsely . 14 "They have healed the brokenness of My people superficially , Saying , 'Peace , peace ,' But there is no peace . 15 "Were they ashamed because of the abomination they have done ? They were not even ashamed at all ; They did not even know how to blush . Therefore they shall fall among those who fall ; At the time that I punish them, They shall be cast down ," says the Lord . 16 Thus says the Lord , "Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths , Where the good way is, and walk in it; And you will find rest for your souls . But they said , 'We will not walk in it.' 17 "And I set watchmen over you, saying, 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet !' But they said , 'We will not listen .'
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 6:9-17
Commentary on Jeremiah 6:9-17
(Read Jeremiah 6:9-17)
When the Lord arises to take vengeance, no sinners of any age or rank, or of either sex escape. They were set upon the world, and wholly carried away by the love of it. If we judge of this sin by God's word, we find multitudes in every station and rank given up to it. Those are to be reckoned our worst and most dangerous enemies, who flatter us in a sinful way. Oh that men would be wise for their souls! Ask for the old paths; the way of godliness and righteousness has always been the way God has owned and blessed. Ask for the old paths set forth by the written word of God. When you have found the good way, go on in it, you will find abundant recompence at your journey's end. But if men will not obey the voice of God and flee to his appointed Refuge, it will plainly appear at the day of judgment, that they are ruined because they reject God's word.