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27 I have set you as an assayer
    and fortress among My people
that you may know
    and try their way.
28 They all are stubborn rebels
    walking about practicing slander.
They are bronze and iron;
    they all are corrupters.
29 The bellows blow fiercely,
    the lead is consumed by the fire;
the founder melts in vain,
    for the wicked are not plucked away.
30 Men will call them rejected silver,
    because the Lord has rejected them.

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27 I have made thee a [a]trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way. 28 They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly. 29 The bellows [b]blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away. 30 Refuse silver shall men call them, because Jehovah hath rejected them.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:27 Or, tower
  2. Jeremiah 6:29 Or, are burned