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25 Do not go out into the field
    or walk on the road,
for the enemy has a sword;
    terror is on every side.”(A)

26 O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth
    and roll in ashes;
make mourning as for an only child,
    most bitter lamentation,
for suddenly the destroyer
    will come upon us.(B)

27 I have made you a tester and a refiner[a] among my people
    so that you may know and test their ways.

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  1. 6.27 Or a fortress

25 Do not go out to the fields
    or walk on the roads,
for the enemy has a sword,
    and there is terror on every side.(A)
26 Put on sackcloth,(B) my people,
    and roll in ashes;(C)
mourn with bitter wailing(D)
    as for an only son,(E)
for suddenly the destroyer(F)
    will come upon us.

27 “I have made you a tester(G) of metals
    and my people the ore,
that you may observe
    and test their ways.

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