Jeremiah 6:29-30

Easy-to-Read Version

²⁹ They are like a worker who tried to make silver pure.
The bellows^[a] blew strongly, and the fire became hotter,
    but only lead came from the fire.^[b]
The worker wasted his time
    trying to make that silver pure.
    In the same way the evil was not removed from my people.
³⁰ My people will be called ‘Rejected Silver.’
    They will be given that name because the Lord did not accept them.”