Jeremiah 6:27

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““I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.”

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BSBPD

““I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 6:27 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Jeremiah 1:18Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
  2. Jeremiah 9:7Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?
  3. Jeremiah 15:20Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.
  4. Ezekiel 3:8Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
  5. Ezekiel 20:4Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Confront them with the abominations of their fathers
  6. Ezekiel 22:2“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations

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