Jeremiah 6:27 ““I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know a…”

Jeremiah 6:27

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue set thee for a defence and fortresse among my people, that thou maiest knowe and trie their waies.

Darby Translation

I have set thee among my people as an assayer, a fortress, that thou mayest know and try their way.

Young's Literal Translation

A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.

Bible in Basic English

I have made you a tester among my people, so that you may have knowledge of their way and put it to the test.

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Cross references

“I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.”

Jeremiah 1:18 Jeremiah 15:20 Ezekiel 3:8–10 Ezekiel 20:4 Ezekiel 22:2

Jeremiah 1:18 · BSB

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.

Jeremiah 15:20 · BSB

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.

Ezekiel 3:8–10 · BSB

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

Ezekiel 20:4 · BSB

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

Ezekiel 22:2 · BSB

“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

Also

Jeremiah 9:7

Jeremiah 9:7 · BSB

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?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

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

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