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Jeremiah 6:27

“I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.

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ASV

I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.

KJV

I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

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8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בָּח֛וֹןba.Chonan assayerH969 →
נְתַתִּ֥יךָne.ta.Ti.khaI have made youH5414 →
בְעַמִּ֖יve.'a.Miamong people myH5971 →
מִבְצָ֑רmiv.TzarfortificationH4013 →
וְתֵדַ֕עve.te.Da'so you may observeH3045 →
וּבָחַנְתָּ֖u.va.chan.Taand you will testH974 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
דַּרְכָּֽם׃dar.Kamconduct theirH1870 →

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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 33:7As for you, O son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word from My mouth and give them the warning from Me.Jeremiah 7:17Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?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 abominationsJeremiah 9:7Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?Ezekiel 20:4Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Confront them with the abominations of their fathersEzekiel 3:8–10Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.Judges 3:1These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,

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About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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