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Jeremiah 6:29
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Jeremiah 6:29
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The bellows blow fiercely to burn away the lead with fire, but the refining goes on in vain; the wicked are not purged out.
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Jeremiah 6:29 in Other Translations
KJV
29
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
ESV
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The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed by the fire; in vain the refining goes on, for the wicked are not removed.
NLT
29
The bellows fiercely fan the flames to burn out the corruption. But it does not purify them, for the wickedness remains.
MSG
29
Refining fires are cranked up to white heat, but the ore stays a lump, unchanged. It's useless to keep trying any longer. Nothing can refine evil out of them.
CSB
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The bellows blow, blasting the lead with fire. The refining is completely in vain; the evil ones are not separated out.
Jeremiah 6:29 In-Context
27
“I have made you a tester of metals and my people the ore, that you may observe and test their ways.
28
They are all hardened rebels, going about to slander. They are bronze and iron; they all act corruptly.
29
The bellows blow fiercely to burn away the lead with fire, but the refining goes on in vain; the wicked are not purged out.
30
They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”
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Malachi 3:3
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