²⁸ All of them are total rebels,
spreading slanderous gossip;
they are bronze and iron, [inferior metals,]
all of them corrupt.
²⁹ The bellows blast away;
and though the lead is consumed by the fire,
in vain has the smelter refined,
for the wicked have not been separated.
³⁰ They are called ‘rejected silver,’
because Adonai has rejected them.”