Berean Standard Bible

Jeremiah 6:27

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

Jeremiah 6:27 verse artwork: “I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.

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

²⁶O 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.

²⁷“I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.

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

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

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