Jeremiah 6:26
O daughter of my people,
What it says
Daughter Zion is told to put on sackcloth and mourn bitterly like one grieving an only son, because the destroyer comes suddenly.
What it is doing
This verse turns the warning into ritual lament.
In context
22This is what the LORD says: 23They grasp the bow and spear; 24We have heard the report; 25Do not go out to the fields; 26O daughter of my people, 27“I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, 28All are hardened rebels, 29The bellows blow fiercely, 30They are called rejected silver,