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 Living Translation
27 “Jeremiah, I have made you a tester of metals,[a]
that you may determine the quality of my people.
28 They are the worst kind of rebel,
full of slander.
They are as hard as bronze and iron,
and they lead others into corruption.
29 The bellows fiercely fan the flames
to burn out the corruption.
But it does not purify them,
for the wickedness remains.
30 I will label them ‘Rejected Silver,’
for I, the Lord, am discarding them.”
Footnotes
- 6:27 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads a tester of my people a fortress.
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