Jeremiah 6:16

The Lord said to his people: ¹  “You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. ²  Ask where the old, reliable paths ³  are. Ask where the path is that leads to blessing ⁴  and follow it. If you do, you will find rest for your souls.” But they said, “We will not follow it!”

De 32:7; So 1:7,8; Isa 2:5; Isa 8:20; Isa 28:12; Isa 30:21; Jer 2:25; Jer 7:23; Jer 18:12; Jer 18:15; Jer 22:21; Jer 44:16; Mal 4:4; Mt 11:28,29; Mt 21:28-32; Lu 16:29; Joh 5:39; Joh 5:46,47; Joh 12:35; Joh 13:17; Ac 17:11; Ro 4:1-6,12; Col 2:6; Heb 6:12; Heb 11:2-40; Heb 12:1

¹ tn The words, “to his people” are not in the text but are implicit in the interchange of pronouns in the Hebrew of vv. 16-17. They are supplied in the translation here for clarity.

² tn Heb “Stand at the crossroads and look.”

³ tn Heb “the ancient path,” i.e., the path the Lord set out in ancient times (cf. Deut 32:7).

⁴ tn Heb “the way of/to the good.”