Jeremiah 6:26-28

Contemporary English Version

²⁶     and attacks without warning.
So mourn, my people, as though
    your only child had died.
Wear clothes made of sackcloth^[a]
    and roll in the ash pile.”

²⁷ Jeremiah, test my people
    as though they were metal.
²⁸ And you'll find they are hard
    like bronze and iron.
They are stubborn rebels,
    always spreading lies.
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