Catholic Public Domain Version
"Do not choose to go out into the fields, and you should not walk along the roadway. For the sword and the terror of the enemy is on every side. "
— Jeremiah 6:25, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.”
“Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, and terror, are on every side. ”
“Don't go forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, [and] terror, are on every side.”
“Do not go out into the countryside. Do not travel on the roads. For the enemy is there with sword in hand. They are spreading terror everywhere.””
“Go not out into the fields, nor walk in the highway: for the sword of the enemy, and fear is on every side.”
“Go not out into the field or by the way; for there is the sword of the attacker, and fear on every side.”
“Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.”
Thus says the Lord: “Behold, a people is coming from the land of the north, and a great nation will rise up from the ends of the earth.
They will take hold of arrow and shield. They are cruel, and they will not take pity. Their voice will roar like the ocean. And they will climb upon horses, for they have been prepared like men for battle, against you, O daughter of Zion.
‘We have heard of their fame. Our hands have become weakened. Tribulation has overtaken us, like the pains of a woman giving birth.’
Do not choose to go out into the fields, and you should not walk along the roadway. For the sword and the terror of the enemy is on every side.
Wrap yourself in haircloth, O daughter of my people. And sprinkle yourself with ashes. Make a mourning for yourself, as for an only son, a bitter lamentation: ‘for the destroyer will overwhelm us suddenly.’
I have presented you as a strong tester among my people. And you will test and know their way.
All these leaders who are turning away and walking deceitfully, they are brass and iron; they have all been corrupted.