Jeremiah 6:25-27

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²⁵ Go not out into the field nor walk on the road, for the enemy is armed with the sword; terror is on every side.

²⁶ O daughter of my people [says Jeremiah], gird yourself with sackcloth and wallow in ashes; make mourning as for an only son, a most bitter lamentation, for the destroyer will suddenly come upon us [on prophet and people].

²⁷ I [says the Lord] have set you [Jeremiah] as an assayer and a prover of ore among My people, that you may know and try their doings and be like a watchtower.