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26 My people, put on sackcloth
    and roll in the ashes.[a]
Cry loudly for the dead.
    Cry as if you lost an only son.
Do this because the destroyer
    will come against us very quickly.

27 “Jeremiah, I want you to be
    like a worker who tests metals.
You will test my people
    and watch how they live.
28 My people have turned against me,
    and they are very stubborn.
    They say bad things about people.
They are like bronze and iron
    that are covered with rust and tarnish.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:26 roll in the ashes This is one way people showed that they were sad or crying for a dead person.

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