²⁸ All of them are stubbornly rebellious,
^(A)Going about as a talebearer.
They are ^(B)bronze and iron;
They, all of them, are corrupt.
²⁹ The bellows blow fiercely,
The lead is consumed by the fire;
In vain the refining goes on,
But the ^(C)wicked are not ^[a]separated.
^30 (D)They call them rejected silver,
Because the ^(E)Lord has rejected them.