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Jeremiah 6:26

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Daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and wallow in ashes! Mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for the destroyer will suddenly come on us.

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Jeremiah 6:26 in other translations

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 destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.

Jeremiah 6:26 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 6:26 in context

  1. 24We have heard its report. Our hands become feeble. Anguish has taken hold of us, and pains as of a woman in labor.
  2. 25Don’t go out into the field or walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and terror are on every side.
  3. 26Daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and wallow in ashes! Mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for the destroyer will suddenly come on us.
  4. 27“I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people, that you may know and try their way.
  5. 28They are all grievous rebels, going around to slander. They are bronze and iron. All of them deal corruptly.