Jeremiah 6:25-27

Lexham English Bible

²⁵ You must not go out into the field,
    and you must not walk on the road,
for the enemy has a sword,^[a]
    terror is all around.
²⁶ O daughter of my people,
    gird yourself with sackcloth,
and roll about in the ashes in mourning,
    a mourning ceremony as for an only child.
Make for yourself wailing of bitterness,
    for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
²⁷ “I have made you an assayer among my people, a fortification,
    so that you may know and put to the test their ways.^[b]