# Jeremiah 6.26 **Book:** [Jeremiah](/codex/jeremiah/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 24. We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pangs as of a woman in travail. 25. Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, and terror, are on every side. > > **26. O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.** > > 27. I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way. 28. They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly. (Jeremiah 6:24-28, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 24. We have heard its report; our hands become feeble: anguish has taken hold of us, and pains as of a woman in labor. 25. Don’t go out into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and terror, are on every side. > > **26. Daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and wallow in ashes! Mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come on us.** > > 27. “I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people; that you may know and try their way. 28. They are all grievous rebels, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly. (Jeremiah 6:24-28, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 24. We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail. 25. Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side. > > **26. O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.** > > 27. I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way. 28. They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters. (Jeremiah 6:24-28, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 24. 'We have heard its sound, feeble have been our hands, Distress hath seized us, pain as of a travailing woman. 25. Go not forth to the field, And in the way walk not, For a sword hath the enemy, fear [is] round about. > > **26. O daughter of My people, Gird on sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes, The mourning of an only one make for thee, A lamentation most bitter, For suddenly come doth the spoiler against us.** > > 27. A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way. 28. All of them are turned aside by apostates, Walking slanderously, brass and iron, All of them are corrupters. (Jeremiah 6:24-28, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Lexicon:** - [H3173 - yachid](/codex/h3173-yachid/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.