New King James Version

Jeremiah 6:25-30 New King James Version (NKJV)

25. Do not go out into the field,Nor walk by the way.Because of the sword of the enemy,Fear is on every side.

26. O daughter of my people,Dress in sackclothAnd roll about in ashes!Make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation;For the plunderer will suddenly come upon us.

27. “I have set you as an assayer and a fortress among My people,That you may know and test their way.

28. They are all stubborn rebels, walking as slanderers.They are bronze and iron,They are all corrupters;

29. The bellows blow fiercely,The lead is consumed by the fire;The smelter refines in vain,For the wicked are not drawn off.

30. People will call them rejected silver,Because the Lord has rejected them.”