Jeremiah 6:26-28

Complete Jewish Bible

²⁶ Daughter of my people,
put on sackcloth, roll in ashes,
mourn as if for an only son,
wail most bitterly;
for suddenly the destroyer
will come upon us.

²⁷ “I have made you a refiner and tester of my people,
to know and test how they behave.
²⁸ All of them are total rebels,
spreading slanderous gossip;
they are bronze and iron, [inferior metals,]
all of them corrupt.