Jeremiah 6:27
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
*I haue set thee for a towre, and a fortresse among my people: that thou mayest know and trie their way.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceChap.1.18. and 15.20.
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- Jeremiah 1:18Rank 1 from verse 27
18For, 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.
18For behold, I haue made thee this day *a defenced citie, and an yron pillar, and brasen walles against the whole land, against the kings of Iudah, against the princes thereof, against the Priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
- Jeremiah 15:20Rank 2 from verse 27
20And 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.
20**And I will make thee vnto this people a fenced brasen wall, and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not preuaile against thee: for I am with thee to saue thee, and to deliuer thee, sayth the LORD.
- Ezekiel 20:4Rank 3 from verse 27
- Ezekiel 22:2Rank 4 from verse 27
- Ezekiel 3:8–10Rank 5 from verse 27
8Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
9As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
10Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.
8Behold, I haue made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
9*As an adamant harder then flint haue I made thy forehead: feare them not, neither be dismayed at their lookes, though they be a rebellious house.
10Moreouer he said vnto me, Sonne of man, all my words that I shall speake vnto thee, receiue in thine heart, and heare with thine eares.
- Jeremiah 9:7Rank 6 from verse 27
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Jeremiah 6:27
1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Sense 1: A strong, fortified, defended place or stronghold providing protection. Sense 2: A secure refuge and defence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Sense 1: To examine, test, prove, search, or discern. Sense 2: To refine or prove by fire so that quality is made manifest.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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26¶ O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
26¶ *O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallowe thy selfe in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an onely sonne, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come vpon vs.
27I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
27*I haue set thee for a towre, and a fortresse among my people: that thou mayest know and trie their way.
Selected passage28They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
28*They are all grieuous reuolters, walking with slanders: they are brasse and yron, they are all corrupters.