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Jeremiah 6:27
Jeremiah 6:27 is verse 27 of Jeremiah chapter 6, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
“I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.
Or to examine My people, a fortress
King James Version
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
World English Bible
“I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people, that you may know and try their way.
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Jeremiah 6:25–29 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
27 “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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Jeremiah 1:18Now 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.
Jeremiah 15:20Then 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.
Ezekiel 3:8Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
Ezekiel 3:9I will make your forehead like a diamond, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or dismayed at their presence, even though they are a rebellious house.”
Ezekiel 3:10“Son of man,” He added, “listen carefully to all the words I speak to you, and take them to heart.
Ezekiel 20:4Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Confront them with the abominations of their fathers
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