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Text -- Jeremiah 6:23-30 (NET)
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6:23 Its soldiers are armed with bows and spears . They are cruel and show no mercy . They sound like the roaring sea as they ride forth on their horses . Lined up in formation like men going into battle to attack you, Daughter Zion .’”
6:24 The people cry out, “We have heard reports about them! We have become helpless with fear ! Anguish grips us, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby!
6:25 Do not go out into the countryside . Do not travel on the roads . For the enemy is there with sword in hand. They are spreading terror everywhere .”
6:26 So I said, “Oh, my dear people , put on sackcloth and roll in ashes . Mourn with painful sobs as though you had lost your only child . For any moment now that destructive army will come against us.”
6:27 The Lord said to me, “I have made you like a metal assayer to test my people like ore. You are to observe them and evaluate how they behave .”
6:28 I reported, “All of them are the most stubborn of rebels ! They are as hard as bronze or iron . They go about telling lies . They all deal corruptly .
6:29 The fiery bellows of judgment burn fiercely . But there is too much dross to be removed. The process of refining them has proved useless . The wicked have not been purged .
6:30 They are regarded as ‘rejected silver ’ because the Lord rejects them.”
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