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

“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.

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.

For see, today I have made you strong like a fortified city that cannot be captured, like an iron pillar or a bronze wall. You will stand against the whole land— the kings, officials, priests, and people of Judah.

They will fight against you like an attacking army, but I will make you as secure as a fortified wall of bronze. They will not conquer you, for I am with you to protect and rescue you. I, the Lord, have spoken!

“ Son of man, bring charges against them and condemn them. Make them realize how detestable the sins of their ancestors really were.

But look, I have made you as obstinate and hard hearted as they are.I have made your forehead as hard as the hardest rock! So don’t be afraid of them or fear their angry looks, even though they are rebels.”Then he added,“ Son of man, let all my words sink deep into your own heart first. Listen to them carefully for yourself.

“ Son of man, are you ready to judge Jerusalem? Are you ready to judge this city of murderers? Publicly denounce her detestable sins,

Therefore, this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:“ See, I will melt them down in a crucible and test them like metal. What else can I do with my people?