O daughter of my people, Dress in sackcloth And roll about in ashes! Make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; For the plunderer will suddenly come upon us.
Jeremiah 6:26
Surrounding context
6:25 Do not go out into the field, Nor walk by the way. Because of the sword of the enemy, Fear is on every side.
6:26 O daughter of my people, Dress in sackcloth And roll about in ashes! Make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; For the plunderer will suddenly come upon us.
6:27 "I have set you as an assayer and a fortress among My people, That you may know and test their way.