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27 “I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people, that you may know and try their way. 28 They are all grievous rebels, going around to slander. They are bronze and iron. All of them deal corruptly. 29 The bellows blow fiercely. The lead is consumed in the fire. In vain they go on refining, for the wicked are not plucked away. 30 Men will call them rejected silver, because Yahweh has rejected them.”

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27 I have made you a tester and a refiner[a] among my people
    so that you may know and test their ways.
28 They are all stubbornly rebellious,
    going about with slanders;
they are bronze and iron;
    all of them act corruptly.(A)
29 The bellows blow fiercely;
    the lead is consumed by the fire;[b]
in vain the refining goes on,
    for the wicked are not removed.
30 They are called “rejected silver,”
    for the Lord has rejected them.

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Footnotes

  1. 6.27 Or a fortress
  2. 6.29 Cn: Heb lead from their fire

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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