27I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
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And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:
Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-30)Here, I. God appeals to all the neighbours, nay, to the whole world, concerning the equity of his proceedings against Judah and Jerusalem ( Jer. 6:18 , 19 ): “ Hear, you nations, and know particularly, O congregation of the mighty, the great men of the nations, that take cognizance of the affairs of states about you and make remarks upon them. Observe now what is doing among those of Judah and Jer…
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