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.

Footnotes:

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

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