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.”
Jeremiah 6:27-30
American Standard Version
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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- Jeremiah 6:27 Or, tower
- Jeremiah 6:29 Or, are burned
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