Jeremiah 6:28
They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders. They are brass and iron. They all of them deal corruptly.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
27I have made thee a prover [and] a fortress among my people, that thou may know and try their way.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:16Thou shall not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people, neither shall thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor. I am LORD.
Psalms 50:20Thou sit and speak against thy brother; thou slander thine own mother's son.
Isaiah 1:4Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, sons who deal corruptly! They have forsaken LORD. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They have gone away backward.
Jeremiah 5:23But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart. They have revolted and gone.
Jeremiah 7:28And thou shall say to them, This is the nation that has not hearkened to the voice of LORD their God, nor received instruction. Truth has perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
Jeremiah 9:4Take ye heed each one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother, for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 6:19-30
Equity of Divine Judgments; Punishment Predicted. ( b. c. 608.) 18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them. 19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. 20 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. 21 Therefore thus saith the… Read the whole commentary →