Jer 9:7 | HCSB | STEP | Therefore , this is what the Lord of Hosts says : I am about to refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of My dear people ?

Jeremiah 9:7

7 Therefore, this is what the Lord of ^{▼▼Hosts/hosts: Military forces consisting of God's angels, sometimes including the sun, moon, and stars, and occasionally, Israel}Hosts says:

I am about to refine them and test them, ^b
for what else can I do
because of My dear ^{▼▼Lit of the daughter of My} people? ^{▼▼LXX, Tg read because of their evils}