Jeremiah 6:27
I have set thee, like a tower, for an assayer among my people, That thou mayst know and try their way.
Noyes Bible
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 stubborn revolters, Slanderers are they, brass and iron; They are all corrupt.
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:7Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold I will melt them and try them; For what else can I do on account of the daughter of my people?
Ezekiel 3:8Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
Ezekiel 22:2Punish, punish, son of man, the city of blood, and show her all her abominations, and say,
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 →