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27 “I have set thee as a tower and a fortress among My people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders; they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.

29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; the founder melteth in vain, for the wicked are not plucked away.

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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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