King James Version
Jeremiah 6:27 in the King James Version says “I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.”
Jeremiah 6:27 · KJV
Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire ; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I have set”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“among my people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“and a fortress”
H4013a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
“that thou mayest know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“and try”
H974to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“their way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
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