27 “I have made you a tester of metals

and my people the ore,

that you may observe

and test their ways.

27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

27 “Jeremiah, I have made you a tester of metals,

that you may determine the quality of my people.

27 “I have set you as an assayer and a fortress among My people,

That you may know and test their way.

27 “Jeremiah, I have made you like a worker who tests metal,

and my people are like the ore.

You must observe their ways

and test them.

27 I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.

27 I have set thee among my people as an assayer, a fortress, that thou mayest know and try their way.

27 “Jeremiah, I have put you in charge of testing and refining my people. 

You will know how to test their ways. 

27 I have appointed you to be an assayer among My people—

a refiner —

so you may know and assay their way of life.

27 I have made you a tester and a refiner among my people

so that you may know and test their ways.

27 “I have made you an assayer among my people, a fortification,

so that you may know and put to the test their ways.

27 The Lord says to me, “I have made you like one who tests metals.

My people are the ore.

I want you to watch them

and test the way they live.

27 “I have made you an assayer and a tester among My people,

That you may know and assay their way.”