“我使你在我子民中作鉴辨和试验的（按照《马索拉文本》，“试验的”作“高台”;现参照《七十士译本》翻译），好让你查察、鉴别他们的行径。”

“我使你在我民中为高台，为保障，使你知道试验他们的行动。

我使你作我百姓的测试者和考验者，使你知道并考验他们的行为。

我使你作我百姓的测试者和考验者，使你知道并考验他们的行为。

耶和华对我说：“我派你考验我的子民，就像冶炼金属一样，好察验他们的行为。

我使你在我民中為高臺，為保障，使你知道試驗他們的行動。

我使你作我百姓的測試者和考驗者，使你知道並考驗他們的行為。

我使你作我百姓的測試者和考驗者，使你知道並考驗他們的行為。

耶和華對我說：「我派你考驗我的子民，就像冶煉金屬一樣，好察驗他們的行為。

“我使你在我子民中作鑒辨和試驗的（按照《馬索拉文本》，“試驗的”作“高臺”;現參照《七十士譯本》翻譯），好讓你查察、鑒別他們的行徑。”

『我使你在我的人民中做試驗人的、做堡壘，使你曉得試驗他們所行的路。

主曰、我已立爾在我民中、為試者、為保障、使爾察知其途、

耶和華告先知曰、我使爾試民、同於煉金、置爾於戍樓、知民所行。

主諭先知曰、我使爾於我民中、如驗金者、如驗金者或作如戍樓如保障使爾考察而知其道途、

“ I have made you a tester of metals and my people the ore, that you may observe and test their ways.

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.

“ I have made you a tester of metals among my people, that you may know and test their ways.

“ Jeremiah, I have made you a tester of metals, that you may determine the quality of my people.

I have appointed you to be an assayer among my people— a refiner— so you may know and assay their way of life.

“ I have made you an assayer and an examiner among My people, So that you may know and put their way to the test.”

“ I have set you as an assayer and a fortress among My people, That you may know and test their way.

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

I have appointed you to be an assayer among My people— a refiner— so you may know and assay their way of life.

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

The LORD said to me,“ I have made you like a metal assayer to test my people like ore. You are to observe them and evaluate how they behave.”

“ I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people, that you may know and try their way.

看哪！今日我使你成为坚城、铁柱、铜墙，抵挡全地，就是抵挡犹大的君王、首领、祭司和这地的众民。

我要使你成为坚固的铜墙抵挡这人民，他们必攻击你，却不能胜过你；因为我与你同在，要拯救你，搭救你。”这是耶和华的宣告。

人子啊，你要审问他们吗？要审问他们吗？你要使他们知道他们列祖那些可憎的事，

看哪！我要使你的脸像他们的脸一样坚硬，使你的前额像他们的前额一样坚硬。我要使你的额好像最坚硬的宝石，比火石更硬。他们虽然是叛逆的民族，你却不要怕他们，在他们面前，也不要惊惶。”他又对我说：“人子啊！我对你说的一切话，你都要留心听，记在心里。

“人子啊，你要审判吗？你要审判这流人血的城吗？你要使这城知道它一切可憎的事。

因此，万军之耶和华这样说：“看哪！我要熬炼他们，试验他们；因我子民（“我子民”原文作“我子民的女子”）的罪恶，我还可以作什么呢？