Jeremiah 6:28-30

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

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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.

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^(D)They call them rejected silver,
Because the ^(E)Lord has rejected them.

a. Jeremiah 6:29: ['Or ', drawn off]

A. Jeremiah 6:28: Jeremiah 9:4

B. Jeremiah 6:28: Ezekiel 22:18

C. Jeremiah 6:29: Jeremiah 15:19

D. Jeremiah 6:30: Psalm 119:119; Isaiah 1:22

E. Jeremiah 6:30: Jeremiah 7:29; Hosea 9:17; Zechariah 11:8