27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
27 I have set H5414 thee for a tower H969 and a fortress H4013 among my people, H5971 that thou mayest know H3045 and try H974 their way. H1870
27 I have made thee a trier `and' a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.
27 A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.
27 I have set thee among my people as an assayer, a fortress, that thou mayest know and try their way.
27 I have made you a tester of metals [and] a fortress among my people; that you may know and try their way.
27 I have made you a tester among my people, so that you may have knowledge of their way and put it to the test.
For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.
Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:
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Commentary on Jeremiah 6 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 6
In this chapter, as before, we have,
Jer 6:1-8
Here is
Jer 6:9-17
The heads of this paragraph are the very same with those of the last; for precept must be upon precept and line upon line.
Jer 6:18-30
Here,