“I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.
DRAI have set thee for a strong trier among my people: and thou shalt know and prove their way.
FBVJeremiah, I have made you a tester of metals so you can test my people as if they were metal, so you can know what they're made of and how they act.
GNVI haue set thee for a defence and fortresse among my people, that thou maiest knowe and trie their waies.
“I have made you a tester of metals and my people the ore, that you may observe and test their ways.
NMVI have set youi [for] a tower [and] a fortress among my people, that youi may know and try their way.
OJBI have set thee for a bachon (tester, assayer) of Ami (My People); that thou mayest know and test their derech (way, conduct).
T4TThen Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah, I have caused you to become like [MET] someone who heats metal very hot to completely burn the impurities. You will examine my people’s behavior.