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NASB | Jeremiah 6:27 ¶ "I have made you an assayer and a tester among My people, That you may know and assay their way." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jeremiah 6:27 ¶ "I [the LORD] have set you as an assayer [O Jeremiah] and as a tester [of the ore] of My people, That you may know and analyze their acts." |
Bible Question:
Hey, I have just read Jeremiah 6:27 and am confused about the meaning of it. Who actually is the tester in this and are 'we' as believers the people being tested as I cannot seem to put it into context. Would be grateful for any light anyone can shed. Many Thanks K.E.Y |
Bible Answer: Hi K.E.Y. I can try to help, and would like to start in the beginning of the context, at verse 18. Here, God is appealing to all the neighbouring peoples, and the whole world, for His judgements against Judah and Jerusalem: Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, [even] the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. You all wonder that I should bring evil upon this people, that are in covenant with Me, that profess relation to Me, that have worshipped Me, and have been highly favored by Me. You are ready to ask, Wherefore has the Lord done thus to this land? (see Deu. 29:24). Understand 1. "That it is the natural product of their actions, for trying to strengthen themselves by their alliance with foreigners, and 2. "That it is God's righteous punishment for their disobedience. They would never have been destroyed by God’s hand if they had not rebelled against the judgments of his mouth. God then speaks of the desolation that was about to come upon them. (v. 21) 1. God punishes because they hate to be taught His ways: I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people, not causing them to fall into sin, but into trouble. He describes in v. 24–26 the confusion which Judah and Jerusalem will be caught in at the approach of this great enemy, and as a sense of guilt tends to humble men, upon the threat of any trouble. What can those hope to do for themselves who have made God their enemy? And, in v. 27, God places His prophet as a judge over this people that are now experiencing the trials they caused upon themselves. See verse 1:10, I have set thee over the nations; which He again says here, I have set thee for a tower, meaning, a watchman upon a tower, among my people, as an inspector that thou may know, and try their way. Not that God needed anyone to inform him what was up; actually the prophet knew very little of them except through God's spirit of prophecy. But God was appealing to the prophet himself, and his observation concerning their behavior, that he might be satisfied in the manner of God’s judgement against them and be able to confidently give them warning of the judgments that are coming. God set him as a tower, conspicuous to everyone and persecuted by many, but made him as a strong fortress, giving him courage to withstand the shock of their displeasure. Now in testing their way he will be finding two things: 1. That they are wretchedly debauched (v. 28): 2. 2. They would not be reformed. it was useless to think of reclaiming them, for many methods had been tried, and all had failed, v. 29, 30. May God Bless You and Yours, Tim |
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