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Jeremiah 6:27

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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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  1. Jeremiah 6:25

    Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

  2. Jeremiah 6:26

    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.

  3. Jeremiah 6:28

    They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.

  4. Jeremiah 6:29

    The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.