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Jeremiah 6:27

Judgment

25 Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.

26 O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

“I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.

28 All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.

29 The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.
KJV
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
WEB
“I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people, that you may know and try their way.
ASV
I have made thee a trier [and] a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.
DARBY
I have set thee among my people as an assayer, a fortress, that thou mayest know and try their way.
BLB
“I have appointed you an examiner among My people like ore, that you may know and examine their way.
ÅB
Til en prøver har jeg satt deg blant mitt folk, til en fast borg, for at du skal kjenne og prøve deres vei.
OTB
‘Jeg har gjort deg til en tester av metaller og mitt folk til malmen, så du kan observere og undersøke deres veier.
B1930
Til en prøver har jeg satt dig blandt mitt folk, til en fast borg, forat du skal kjenne og prøve deres vei.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 1:18

    Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.

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  • Jeremiah 15:20

    Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 9:7

    Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?

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  • Ezekiel 3:8–10

    Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.

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  • Ezekiel 20:4

    Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Confront them with the abominations of their fathers

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  • Ezekiel 22:2

    “As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations

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