Jeremiah 6:27

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

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26O daughter of my people, put on haircloth, rolling yourself in the dust: give yourself to sorrow, as for an only son, with most bitter cries of grief; for he who makes waste will come on us suddenly.

28All of them are turned away, going about with false stories; they are brass and iron: they are all workers of deceit.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 9:7So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will make them soft in the fire and put them to the test; this I will do because of their evil-doing.

Ezekiel 3:8See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows.

Ezekiel 22:2And you, son of man, will you be a judge, will you be a judge of the town of blood? then make clear to her all her disgusting ways.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 6:19-30

Equity of Divine Judgments; Punishment Predicted. ( b. c. 608.) 18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them. 19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. 20 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. 21 Therefore thus saith the… Read the whole commentary →

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