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Jeremiah 6:27
27The Lord said to me, ‘I have sent you to test my people. Test them like someone tests metal. Watch them carefully, to see how they live.
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 into the fields. Do not travel on the roads. Our enemies are everywhere. They have their swords ready to attack us. Danger is all around us.’ 26So I say, ‘My dear people, show that you are sorry. Wear sackcloth and sit in ashes. Weep and cry aloud, as if your only child had died. Realize that the enemy's army will soon be here and they are ready to destroy us.’ The Lord said to me, ‘I have sent you to test my people. Test them like someone tests metal. Watch them carefully, to see how they live. 28They have completely turned against God. They refuse to change their minds. They tell lies against people, and they cheat them. 29A very hot fire can remove the dirt from silver and make it pure. I punish my people to make them pure, but it is useless. There are too many wicked people, so I cannot make them pure.
Read all of Jeremiah 6Jeremiah 6:27 word by word
בָּח֛וֹן נְתַתִּ֥יךָ בְעַמִּ֖י מִבְצָ֑ר וְתֵדַ֕ע וּבָחַנְתָּ֖ אֶת־דַּרְכָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 6:27
- Jeremiah 1:18I, the Lord, promise that I will make you as strong as a city with strong walls around it. You will be as strong as an iron pillar, or a wall that is made of bronze. You will speak a message against the whole nation of Judah. You will speak against its kings, its officers, its priests and all its people.
- Jeremiah 15:20When these people attack you, I will make you like a strong wall. You will be like a wall that is made of bronze. The people will not be able to knock you down. I will be with you to protect you. I will keep you safe.’ That is what the Lord says.
- Ezekiel 3:8But I will make you as strong in your mind as they are. You will not change what you think.
- Ezekiel 20:4Son of man, you must warn them. Are you ready to do that? Make them remember all the disgusting things that their ancestors did.
- Ezekiel 22:2‘Son of man, you must warn the people in this city about their punishment. The people are murderers. They have done many disgusting things. Are you ready to tell them that?
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
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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
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