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27 
“I [the Lord] have set you as an assayer [O Jeremiah] and as a tester [of the ore] of My people,
That you may know and analyze their acts.”
28 
They are all the worst [kind] of [stiff-necked, godless] rebels,
Going around spreading slander.
They are [not gold and silver ore, but] bronze and iron;
They are all corrupt.
29 
The bellows blow fiercely,
The lead is consumed by the fire;
In vain they continue refining,
But the wicked are not separated and removed.
30 
They call them rejected silver [only dross, without value],
Because the Lord has rejected them.

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27 “I have made you a tester(A) of metals
    and my people the ore,
that you may observe
    and test their ways.
28 They are all hardened rebels,(B)
    going about to slander.(C)
They are bronze and iron;(D)
    they all act corruptly.
29 The bellows blow fiercely
    to burn away the lead with fire,
but the refining(E) goes on in vain;
    the wicked are not purged out.
30 They are called rejected silver,(F)
    because the Lord has rejected them.”(G)

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