Jeremiah 6:27-30
Lexham English Bible
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.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 6:27 Hebrew “way”
- Jeremiah 6:29 Hebrew “bellow”
- Jeremiah 6:29 Literally “To the vanity”
- Jeremiah 6:29 Literally “he refines refining”
- Jeremiah 6:30 Literally “They call to them”
Jeremiah 6:27-30
New King James Version
27 “I have set you as an assayer and (A)a fortress among My people,
That you may know and test their way.
28 (B)They are all stubborn rebels, (C)walking as slanderers.
They are (D)bronze and iron,
They are all corrupters;
29 The bellows blow fiercely,
The lead is consumed by the fire;
The smelter refines in vain,
For the wicked are not drawn off.
30 People will call them (E)rejected silver,
Because the Lord has rejected them.”
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