Jeremiah 6:26
King James VersionSource notes
“O daughter of my people, gird with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.”
Context
23They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
24We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, pain, as of a woman in travail.
25Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy fear on every side.
26O daughter of my people, gird with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
27I have set thee a tower a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
28They all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: brass and iron; they all corrupters.
29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.