Jeremiah 6:27

Jeremiah 6:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
• New International Version (NIV)“I have made you a tester of metals and my people the ore, that you may observe and test their ways.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"I have made you a tester of metals among my people, that you may know and test their ways.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“I have set you as an assayer and a fortress among My people, That you may know and test their way.

Context of Jeremiah 6:27

25Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side. 26O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us. “I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways. 28All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt. 29The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.

Jeremiah 6:27 word by word

בָּח֛וֹן נְתַתִּ֥יךָ בְעַמִּ֖י מִבְצָ֑ר וְתֵדַ֕ע וּבָחַנְתָּ֖ אֶת־דַּרְכָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

• I have appointed youנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• to examineבָּחוֹןbâchôn · assayerH969
• My peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• like oreמִבְצָרmibtsâr mibtsârâh · fortificationH4013
• so you may knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• and tryבָּחַןbâchan · to testH974
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• their waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870

Cross-references for Jeremiah 6:27

• Jeremiah 1:18Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
• Jeremiah 15:20Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.
• Ezekiel 3:8Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
• Ezekiel 20:4Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Confront them with the abominations of their fathers
• Ezekiel 22:2“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations

Commentaries on Jeremiah 6:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27I have set thee for a tower and a fortress - Dr. Blayney translates, I have appointed thee to make an assay among my people. The words refer to the office of an assayer of silver and gold; and the manner of assaying here intended is by the cupel, a flat broad iron ring filled with the ashes of burnt bones. To separate the alloy from the silver they add a portion of lead; and when all is fused together, and brought into a state of ebullition, the cupel…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-30Verses 18-30 God rejects their outward services, as worthless to atone for their sins. Sacrifice and incense were to direct them to a Mediator; but when offered to purchase a license to go on in sin, they provoke God. The sins of God's professing people make them an easy prey to their enemies. They dare not show themselves. Saints may rejoice in hope of God's mercies, though they see them only in the promise: sinners must mourn for fear of God's…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27Jeremiah's job as a prophet conflicted with his empathy for his people. Like a metalworker, he had to apply criticism to test their quality against God's standards.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-3027. tower ... fortress--(Jr 1:18), rather, "an assayer (and) explorer." By a metaphor from metallurgy in Jr 6:27-30, Jehovah, in conclusion, confirms the prophet in his office, and the latter sums up the description of the reprobate people on whom he had to work. The Hebrew for "assayer" (English Version, "tower") is from a root "to try" metals. "Explorer" (English Version, "fortress") is from an Arabic root, "keen-sighted"; or a Hebrew root, "cutting,"…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 6:27

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In the dictionaries

• Cruel
• Mount
• Reprobate
• Wallow
• Fortification; Fort; Fortified Cities; Fortress
• Jeremiah (2)
• Sheshach

Commentaries on Jeremiah 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings