25. Go not out into the fields, nor walk in the highway: for the sword of the enemy, and fear is on every side.
26. Gird 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.
27. I have set thee for a strong trier among my people: and thou shalt know and prove their way.
28. All of these princes go out of the way, they walk deceitfully, they are brass and iron: they are all corrupted.
29. The bellows have failed, the lead is consumed in the fire, the founder hath melted in vain: for their wicked deeds are not consumed.
30. Call them reprobate silver, for the Lord hath rejected them.