Jeremiah 6:28-30

Good News Translation

²⁸ They are all stubborn rebels, hard as bronze and iron. They are all corrupt, going around and spreading gossip. ²⁹ The furnace burns fiercely, but the waste metals do not melt and run off. It is useless to go on refining my people, because those who are evil are not taken away. ³⁰ They will be called worthless dross, because I, the Lord, have rejected them.”