Jeremiah 6:16

Translations

Modern

This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’

Traditional

Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

Literal

Thus says YHWH: “Stand along the pathways, and see; and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is this good way,’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. And they said, ‘We will not walk!’

Latin

Hæc dicit Dominus: State super vias, et videte, et interrogate de semitis antiquis quæ sit via bona, et ambulate in ea: et invenietis refrigerium animabus vestris. Et dixerunt: Non ambulabimus.

Original

Hebrew

English

This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’

Notes

Jeremiah 6:16

Following God's ancient laws (Malachi 4:4) would bring peace to people's souls (compare Matthew 11:29).

Jeremiah 6:16–21

The Lord urged the people to repent and warned them about the terrible consequences if they did not.

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Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Isaiah 30:21
And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
Deuteronomy 32:7
Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.
Jeremiah 18:15
Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.
Matthew 11:28–29
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Jeremiah 7:23
…but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.
Colossians 2:6
Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,
Isaiah 2:5
Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Jeremiah 18:12
But they will reply, ‘It is hopeless. We will follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”
John 12:35
Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
Jeremiah 22:21
I warned you when you were secure. You said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from youth, that you have not obeyed My voice.
Hebrews 11:2–12:1
This is why the ancients were commended.
Jeremiah 44:16
“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!

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Book of Jeremiah Jeremiah (Person)

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Backsliders: Promises To Impenitence: General Scriptures Concerning Repentance: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Self-Will and Stubbornness: Exhibited in Refusing to Walk in the Ways of God The Call of God: Temporal Judgments Walking with God in the Old Paths Way of Holiness

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