Jeremiah 6:27-30
English Standard Version
27 “I have made you (A)a tester of metals among my people,
that you may know and (B)test their ways.
28 (C)They are all stubbornly rebellious,
(D)going about with slanders;
they are (E)bronze and iron;
all of them act corruptly.
29 The (F)bellows blow fiercely;
the lead is consumed by the fire;
(G)in vain the refining goes on,
for the wicked are not removed.
30 (H)Rejected silver they are called,
for the Lord has rejected them.”
Jeremiah 6:27-30
International Standard Version
People Rejected by the Lord
27 “I’ve made you an assayer[a] of my people,
as well as[b] a fortress.
You know how
to test their way.”
28 All of them are very rebellious,
going around as slanderers.
They’re bronze and iron,
and all of them are corrupt.
29 The bellows blow fiercely to consume
the lead with the fire.
The assayer[c] keeps on refining,
but the impurities[d] aren’t separated out.
30 They’re called reject silver,
because the Lord has rejected them.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 6:27 I.e. one who tests metal for purity
- Jeremiah 6:27 The Heb. lacks as well as (cf. Jer 1:18)
- Jeremiah 6:29 Lit. He
- Jeremiah 6:29 Or wicked
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