25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way: for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in the ashes: make lamentation, and bitter mourning as for thine only son: for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.

27 I have set [a]thee for a defense and fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their ways.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:27 Meaning, Jeremiah, whom God had appointed to try out the godly from the wicked, as a founder doth the pure metal from the dross.

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