Jeremiah 9:7
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?
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 9 connects to 10 cross-references. Jeremiah wishes for a lodging place in the desert to flee from his people who are treacherous and progress from evil to evil. God will melt and test them. The mourning women are called to take up a lament for …
Other Translations
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how else should I do, because of the daughter of my people?
Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am refining them, and have tried them, For how do I do because of the daughter of My people?
So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will make them soft in the fire and put them to the test; this I will do because of their evil-doing.
Cross References
And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with …
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened …
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their …
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are …
Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them.
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember …
Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, …
As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and …