“I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.”
Jeremiah 6:27 (KJV) |
Jeremiah 6:27
From Jeremiah 6, in the Book of Jeremiah (Old Testament).
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Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.