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27 [a]A tester for my people I have appointed you,
    to search and test their way.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:27–30 God appoints Jeremiah to be a “tester” of his people. The passage uses the metaphor of the refining of silver: the silver was extracted from lead ore, but the process in ancient times was inexact, so that sometimes all that was left was a scummy mess, to be thrown out.

27 “I have made you a tester(A) of metals
    and my people the ore,
that you may observe
    and test their ways.

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20 And I will make you toward this people
    a fortified wall of bronze.
Though they fight against you,
    they shall not prevail,
For I am with you,
    to save and rescue you—oracle of the Lord.(A)

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20 I will make you a wall(A) to this people,
    a fortified wall of bronze;
they will fight against you
    but will not overcome(B) you,
for I am with you
    to rescue and save you,”(C)
declares the Lord.

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[a]Look! I make your face as hard as theirs, and your brow as stubborn as theirs.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:8 Cf. Jer 1:18. The prophet must face fierce opposition with the determination and resistance shown by his opponents.

But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are.(A)

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