Jeremiah 6:25-27

Complete Jewish Bible

²⁵ Don’t go into the countryside,
don’t walk out on the road;
for the sword of the enemy is spreading
terror in every direction.

²⁶ Daughter of my people,
put on sackcloth, roll in ashes,
mourn as if for an only son,
wail most bitterly;
for suddenly the destroyer
will come upon us.

²⁷ “I have made you a refiner and tester of my people,
to know and test how they behave.