Jeremiah 6:27

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes; make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

28They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron; they all of them deal corruptly.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 9:7(9-6) Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will smelt them, and try them; for how else should I do, because of the daughter of My people?

Ezekiel 3:8Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.

Ezekiel 22:2'Now, thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations.

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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