💧WEB · Jeremiah 6:29
What does Jeremiah 6:29 mean?
"The bellows blow fiercely. The lead is consumed in the fire. In vain they go on refining, for the wicked are not plucked away."
— Jeremiah 6:29 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and wallow in ashes! Mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for the destroyer will suddenly come on us.
“I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people, that you may know and try their way.
They are all grievous rebels, going around to slander. They are brass and iron. All of them deal corruptly.
The bellows blow fiercely. The lead is consumed in the fire. In vain they go on refining, for the wicked are not plucked away.
Men will call them rejected silver, because Yahweh has rejected them.”
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