25 I will turn my hand against you(A)
and will burn away your dross completely;[a]
I will remove all your impurities.(B)

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  1. 1:25 Lit dross as with lye

25 I will turn my hand against you;[a](A)
    I will thoroughly purge(B) away your dross(C)
    and remove all your impurities.(D)

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  1. Isaiah 1:25 That is, against Jerusalem

Jeremiah Appointed as an Examiner

27 I have appointed you to be an assayer among my people—
a refiner[a]
so you may know and assay their way of life.(A)

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  1. 6:27 Text emended; MT reads fortress

27 “I have made you a tester(A) of metals
    and my people the ore,
that you may observe
    and test their ways.

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