Jeremiah 6:27
I have caused thee to be tried among tried nations, and thou shalt know me when I have tried their way.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 9:7Their tongue is a wounding arrow; the words of their mouth are deceitful: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor, but in himself retains enmity.
Ezekiel 3:8And, behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and I will strengthen thy power against their power.
Ezekiel 22:2And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, declare thou 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 →