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Jeremiah 6:27-29
New Catholic Bible
Jeremiah 6:27-29
New Catholic Bible
27 [a]I have designated you as a tester of my people
so that you may learn and test their ways.
28 All of then are unrepentant rebels,
comfortable in slander and corrupt without exception,
hard as bronze and iron.
29 The bellows roar
and the lead is consumed by the fire.
In vain does the smelter do his work,
for the wicked are not purged out.[b]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 6:27 The prophet’s work is useless: Israel refuses purification.
- Jeremiah 6:29 Smelters of silver used lead because when this melted and oxidized on contact with air it drew to itself the dross from the precious metal.
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.
New International Version (NIV) 
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