"I have madeyou an assayer[and] a testeramong My people,That you may knowand assaytheir way."
"Now behold,I have madeyou todayas a fortifiedcityand as a pillarof ironand as wallsof bronzeagainstthe wholeland,to the kingsof Judah,to its princes,to its priestsand to the peopleof the land.
"Then I will makeyou to thispeopleA fortifiedwallof bronze;And though they fightagainstyou, They will not prevailover you; For I am with you to saveyou And deliveryou," declaresthe LORD.
Thereforethussaysthe LORDof hosts,"Behold,I will refinethem and assaythem; For what[else] can I do,becauseof the daughterof My people?
"Will you judgethem, will you judgethem, sonof man?Make them knowthe abominationsof their fathers;
"And you, sonof man,will you judge,will you judgethe bloodycity?Then cause her to knowallher abominations.
