27 I have set [a]thee for a defense and fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their ways.

28 They are all rebellious traitors, walking craftily; they are brass and iron, they all are destroyers,

29 The [b]bellows are burnt; the lead is consumed in the fire; the founder melteth in vain; for the wicked are not taken away.

30 They shall call them reprobate silver, because the Lord hath rejected them.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:27 Meaning, Jeremiah, whom God had appointed to try out the godly from the wicked, as a founder doth the pure metal from the dross.
  2. Jeremiah 6:29 All the pain and labor that hath been taken with them, is lost.

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