25 Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side. 26 O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us. 27 “I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.
Jeremiah 6:25–27
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