Jeremiah 6:27

I have presented you as a strong tester among my people. And you will test and know their way.

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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

26Wrap yourself in haircloth, O daughter of my people. And sprinkle yourself with ashes. Make a mourning for yourself, as for an only son, a bitter lamentation: ‘for the destroyer will overwhelm us suddenly.’

28All these leaders who are turning away and walking deceitfully, they are brass and iron; they have all been corrupted.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 9:7Because of this, thus says the Lord of hosts: “Behold, I will refine them, and I will test them. For what else can I do before the face of the daughter of my people?

Ezekiel 3:8Behold, I have made your face stronger than their faces, and your forehead harder than their foreheads.

Ezekiel 22:2“And you, son of man, should you not judge, should you not judge the city of blood?

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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