Jeremiah 6:26-28

Lexham English Bible

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.^[a]
28 All of them are stubborn rebels,
    going about talking slander.
They are bronze and iron,
    they are all behaving corruptly.