Jeremiah 6:22-30

22Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation is stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth. 23They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as a man for the battle, against thee, daughter of Zion. 24We have heard the report thereof: our hands are grown feeble; anguish hath taken hold of us, pain as of a woman that travaileth. 25Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for [there is] the sword of the enemy, terror is on every side. 26Daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes: make mourning, [as] for an only son — bitter lamentation; for the spoiler cometh suddenly upon us. 27I have set thee among my people as an assayer, a fortress, that thou mayest know and try their way. 28They are all the most rebellious of rebels, going about with slander: they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters. 29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; they have melted, and melted in vain; and the bad are not plucked away. 30Reprobate silver shall they call them, for Jehovah hath rejected them.