Jeremiah 6:27-30
Christian Standard Bible
Jeremiah Appointed as an Examiner
27 I have appointed you to be an assayer among my people—
a refiner[a]—
so you may know and assay their way of life.(A)
28 All are stubborn rebels
spreading slander.(B)
They are bronze and iron;
all of them are corrupt.(C)
29 The bellows blow,
blasting the lead with fire.
The refining is completely in vain;
the evil ones are not separated out.
30 They are called rejected silver,
for the Lord has rejected them.(D)
Footnotes
- 6:27 Text emended; MT reads fortress
Jeremiah 6:27-30
Lexham English Bible
27 “I have made you an assayer among my people, a fortification,
so that you may know and put to the test their ways.[a]
28 All of them are stubborn rebels,
going about talking slander.
They are bronze and iron,
they are all behaving corruptly.
29 The bellows[b] are burned up,
lead is consumed by fire.
In vain[c] he keeps on refining,[d]
but the wicked are not torn apart.
30 They are called[e] rejected silver,
For Yahweh has rejected them.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 6:27 Hebrew “way”
- Jeremiah 6:29 Hebrew “bellow”
- Jeremiah 6:29 Literally “To the vanity”
- Jeremiah 6:29 Literally “he refines refining”
- Jeremiah 6:30 Literally “They call to them”
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