Jeremiah 6:27
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I have set thee for a strong trier among my people: and thou shalt know, and prove their way.

Jeremiah 1:18 For behold I have made thee this day a fortified city, and a pillar of iron, and a wall of brass, over all the land, to the kings of Juda, to the princes thereof, and to the priests, and to the people of the land.

Jeremiah 15:20 And I will make thee to this people as a strong wall of brass: and they shall fight against thee, and shall not prevail: for I am with thee to save thee, and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

Ezekiel 3:8-10 Behold I have made thy face stronger than their faces: and thy forehead harder than their foreheads. . . .

Ezekiel 20:4 If thou judgest them, if thou judgest, O son of man, declare to them the abominations of their fathers.

Ezekiel 22:2 And thou son of man, dost thou not judge, dost thou not judge the city of blood?

Context
An Invasion from the North
26Gird thee with sackcloth, O daughter of my people, and sprinkle thee with ashes: make thee mourning as for an only son, a bitter lamentation, because the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us. 27I have set thee for a strong trier among my people: and thou shalt know, and prove their way.28All these princes go out of the way, they walk deceitfully, they are brass and iron: they are all corrupted.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 1:18
For behold I have made thee this day a fortified city, and a pillar of iron, and a wall of brass, over all the land, to the kings of Juda, to the princes thereof, and to the priests, and to the people of the land.

Jeremiah 9:7
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will melt, and try them: for what else shall I do before the daughter of my people?

Jeremiah 15:20
And I will make thee to this people as a strong wall of brass: and they shall fight against thee, and shall not prevail: for I am with thee to save thee, and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

Lexicon
I have appointed you
נְתַתִּ֥יךָ (nə·ṯat·tî·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

a tester of metals
בָּח֛וֹן (bā·ḥō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 969: An assayer, metals

among My people,
בְעַמִּ֖י (ḇə·‘am·mî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

so you may know
וְתֵדַ֕ע (wə·ṯê·ḏa‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

and try
וּבָחַנְתָּ֖ (ū·ḇā·ḥan·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 974: To test, to investigate

their ways.
דַּרְכָּֽם׃ (dar·kām)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action


Additional Translations
I have appointed you a tester of metals among My people, so you may know and try their ways.I have set you for a tower and a fortress among my people, that you may know and try their way.

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

I have caused thee to be tried among tried nations, and thou shalt know me when I have tried their way.

I have set thee among my people as an assayer, a fortress, that thou mayest know and try their way.

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

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

"I have made you a tester of metals [and] a fortress among my people; that you may know and try their way.

A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.
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