Jeremiah 6:27
I have caused you to be tried among tried nations, and you shall know me when I have tried their way.
LXX2012 (US 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
28They are all disobedient, walking perversely: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupted.
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:7Therefore thus says the Lord, Behold, I will try them with fire, and prove them; for I will do thus because of the wickedness of the daughter of my people.
Ezekiel 3:8And, behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and I will strengthen your power against their power.
Ezekiel 22:2And you, son of man, will you judge the bloody city? yes, declare you to her all her iniquities.
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 →