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Jeremiah 6:27

American Standard Version

I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.

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Jeremiah 6:27 in other translations

“I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people, that you may know and try their way.

Jeremiah 6:27 · World English Bible

Jeremiah 6:27 in context

  1. 25Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, and terror, are on every side.
  2. 26O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.
  3. 27I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.
  4. 28They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.
  5. 29The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.