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25 Don’t go out into the field,
    and don’t travel on the road,
because the enemy has a sword,
    and terror is on every side.
26 Daughter of my people, put on sackcloth
    and roll in ashes.
Mourn with bitter wailing,
    as one mourns at the death of[a] an only son.
For the destroyer will come on us suddenly.

People Rejected by the Lord

27 “I’ve made you an assayer[b] of my people,
    as well as[c] a fortress.
You know how
    to test their way.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:26 The Heb. lacks at the death of
  2. Jeremiah 6:27 I.e. one who tests metal for purity
  3. Jeremiah 6:27 The Heb. lacks as well as (cf. Jer 1:18)