World English Bible
Jeremiah 6:5
“Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 6
Shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch their tents against her all around; they shall feed everyone in his place.
Prepare war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us! For the day declines, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
For Yahweh of Armies said, "Cut down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
As a well casts forth its waters, so she casts forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds.
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