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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

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

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