Jeremiah 6:27-30

Jeremiah Appointed as an Examiner

27 I have appointed you to be an assayer among My people- a refiner[a]- so you may know and assay their way of life.[b]
28 All are stubborn rebels spreading slander.[c] [They are] bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.[d]
29 The bellows blow, blasting the lead with fire. The refining is completely in vain; the evil ones are not separated out.
30 They are called rejected silver, for the Lord has rejected them.[e]

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. Text emended; MT reads fortress
  • [b]. 1 Ch 29:17; Ps 7:9; Pr 17:3
  • [c]. Lv 19:16; Pr 11:13; 20:19
  • [d]. 2 Ch 27:2; Isa 1:4
  • [e]. Jr 2:37; 7:29; 1 Sm 15:23,26
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