Jeremiah 6:27-30
Legacy Standard Bible
27 “I have (A)made you a tester of metals and [a]an assayer among My people,
That you may know and test their way.”
28 All of them are rebelliously stubborn,
(B)Going about as a slanderer.
They are (C)bronze and iron;
They, all of them, are corrupt.
29 The bellows blow fiercely;
The lead [b]is consumed by the fire;
In vain the refining goes on,
But the (D)evil ones are not [c]separated.
30 (E)They call them rejected silver
Because (F)Yahweh has rejected them.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 6:27 Or a fortification
- Jeremiah 6:29 Lit comes to an end
- Jeremiah 6:29 Or drawn off
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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