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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.”

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  1. Jeremiah 6:27 Hebrew “way”
  2. Jeremiah 6:29 Hebrew “bellow”
  3. Jeremiah 6:29 Literally “To the vanity”
  4. Jeremiah 6:29 Literally “he refines refining”
  5. Jeremiah 6:30 Literally “They call to them”

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