Jeremiah 6:27-30

New Living Translation

²⁷“Jeremiah, I have made you a tester of metals,^[a]
    that you may determine the quality of my people.
²⁸They are the worst kind of rebel,
    full of slander.
They are as hard as bronze and iron,
    and they lead others into corruption.
²⁹The bellows fiercely fan the flames
    to burn out the corruption.
But it does not purify them,
    for the wickedness remains.
³⁰I will label them ‘Rejected Silver,’
    for I, the Lord, am discarding them.”

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6:27 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads a tester of my people a fortress.

Jeremiah 6:27-30

New American Standard Bible

²⁷“I have ^(A)made you an assayer and an examiner among My people,
So that you may know and put their way to the test.”
²⁸All of them are stubbornly rebellious,
^(B)Going about as a slanderer;
They are ^(C)bronze and iron.
They are, all of them, corrupt.
²⁹The bellows blow fiercely,
The lead is consumed by the fire;
In vain the refining goes on,
But the ^(D)wicked are not ^[a]separated.
³⁰^(E)They call them rejected silver,
Because the ^(F)Lord has rejected them.

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Jeremiah 6:29 Or drawn off

Jeremiah 6:27-30

New International Version

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