25 Do not go out to the fields or walk on the roads, for the enemy has a sword, and there is terror on every side.
25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
25 Go not out into the field, nor walk on the road, for the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
25 Don't dare go outdoors! Don't leave the house! Death is on the prowl. Danger everywhere!
25 Do not go out into the field, Nor walk by the way. Because of the sword of the enemy, Fear is on every side.
25 Don't go out to the fields! Don't travel on the roads! The enemy's sword is everywhere and terrorizes us at every turn!
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 6:25
Commentary on Jeremiah 6:18-30
(Read Jeremiah 6:18-30)
God rejects their outward services, as worthless to atone for their sins. Sacrifice and incense were to direct them to a Mediator; but when offered to purchase a license to go on in sin, they provoke God. The sins of God's professing people make them an easy prey to their enemies. They dare not show themselves. Saints may rejoice in hope of God's mercies, though they see them only in the promise: sinners must mourn for fear of God's judgments, though they see them only in the threatenings. They are the worst of revolters, and are all corrupters. Sinners soon become tempters. They are compared to ore supposed to have good metal in it, but which proves all dross. Nothing will prevail to part between them and their sins. Reprobate silver shall they be called, useless and worthless. When warnings, corrections, rebukes, and all means of grace, leave men unrenewed, they will be left, as rejected of God, to everlasting misery. Let us pray, then, that we may be refined by the Lord, as silver is refined.