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People Rejected by the Lord

27 “I’ve made you an assayer[a] of my people,
    as well as[b] a fortress.
You know how
    to test their way.”
28 All of them are very rebellious,
    going around as slanderers.
They’re bronze and iron,
    and all of them are corrupt.
29 The bellows blow fiercely to consume
    the lead with the fire.
The assayer[c] keeps on refining,
    but the impurities[d] aren’t separated out.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:27 I.e. one who tests metal for purity
  2. Jeremiah 6:27 The Heb. lacks as well as (cf. Jer 1:18)
  3. Jeremiah 6:29 Lit. He
  4. Jeremiah 6:29 Or wicked