Jeremiah 6:26-28

New Living Translation

²⁶ Oh, my people, dress yourselves in burlap
    and sit among the ashes.
Mourn and weep bitterly, as for the loss of an only son.
    For suddenly the destroying armies will be upon you!

²⁷ “Jeremiah, I have made you a tester of metals,^[a]
    that you may determine the quality of my people.
²⁸ They are the worst kind of rebel,
    full of slander.
They are as hard as bronze and iron,
    and they lead others into corruption.