Jeremiah 6:27
“I have appointed you to examine My people like ore,
What it says
The LORD says He has appointed Jeremiah to assay and test His people so that he may know and examine their way.
What it is doing
This verse introduces the refining image through Jeremiah's task.
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,