27 “I have made you a tester(A) of metals
    and my people the ore,
that you may observe
    and test their ways.
28 They are all hardened rebels,(B)
    going about to slander.(C)
They are bronze and iron;(D)
    they all act corruptly.
29 The bellows blow fiercely
    to burn away the lead with fire,
but the refining(E) goes on in vain;
    the wicked are not purged out.
30 They are called rejected silver,(F)
    because the Lord has rejected them.”(G)

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27 I have made you a tester and a refiner[a] among my people
    so that you may know and test their ways.
28 They are all stubbornly rebellious,
    going about with slanders;
they are bronze and iron;
    all of them act corruptly.(A)
29 The bellows blow fiercely;
    the lead is consumed by the fire;[b]
in vain the refining goes on,
    for the wicked are not removed.
30 They are called “rejected silver,”
    for the Lord has rejected them.

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Footnotes

  1. 6.27 Or a fortress
  2. 6.29 Cn: Heb lead from their fire