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

27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people; thou shalt know and examine their way.

28 They are all rebellious princes; they walk with deception: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.

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26 Put on sackcloth,(A) my people,
    and roll in ashes;(B)
mourn with bitter wailing(C)
    as for an only son,(D)
for suddenly the destroyer(E)
    will come upon us.

27 “I have made you a tester(F) of metals
    and my people the ore,
that you may observe
    and test their ways.
28 They are all hardened rebels,(G)
    going about to slander.(H)
They are bronze and iron;(I)
    they all act corruptly.

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