I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsI have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.
“I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.
A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.
I have set thee among my people as an assayer, a fortress, that thou mayest know and try their way.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile