Verse 27

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

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 1:18 : 18 For, behold, I have made you this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes of it, against the priests of it, and against the people of the land.
  • Jer 15:20 : 20 I will make you to this people a fortified brazen wall; and they shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you to save you and to deliver you, says Yahweh.
  • Ezek 3:8-9 : 8 Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads. 9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead: don't be afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house. 10 Moreover he said to me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears.
  • Ezek 20:4 : 4 Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers;
  • Ezek 22:2 : 2 You, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations.
  • Jer 9:7 : 7 Therefore thus says Yahweh of Hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how [else] should I do, because of the daughter of my people?