28 All of them are stubbornly rebellious,
(A)Going about as a slanderer;
They are (B)bronze and iron.
They are, all of them, 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.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:29 Or drawn off

28 They are all hardened rebels,(A)
    going about to slander.(B)
They are bronze and iron;(C)
    they all act corruptly.
29 The bellows blow fiercely
    to burn away the lead with fire,
but the refining(D) goes on in vain;
    the wicked are not purged out.
30 They are called rejected silver,(E)
    because the Lord has rejected them.”(F)

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