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Jeremiah 6:27-29
International Standard Version
Jeremiah 6:27-29
International Standard Version
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.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 6:27 I.e. one who tests metal for purity
- Jeremiah 6:27 The Heb. lacks as well as (cf. Jer 1:18)
- Jeremiah 6:29 Lit. He
- Jeremiah 6:29 Or wicked
Jeremiah 6:27-29
New International Version
Jeremiah 6:27-29
New International Version
27 “I have made you a tester(A) of metals
and my people the ore,
that you may observe
and test their ways.
28 They are all hardened rebels,(B)
going about to slander.(C)
They are bronze and iron;(D)
they all act corruptly.
29 The bellows blow fiercely
to burn away the lead with fire,
but the refining(E) goes on in vain;
the wicked are not purged out.
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