Jeremiah 6:28
All these leaders who are turning away and walking deceitfully, they are brass and iron; they have all been corrupted.
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In Context
27I have presented you as a strong tester among my people. And you will test and know their way.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:16You shall not be a detractor, nor a whisperer, among the people. You shall not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I am the Lord.
Psalms 50:20Act kindly, Lord, in your good will toward Zion, so that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.
Isaiah 1:4Woe to a sinful nation, a people burdened by iniquity, a wicked offspring, accursed children. They have abandoned the Lord. They have blasphemed the Holy One of Israel. They been taken away backwards.
Jeremiah 5:23But the heart of this people has become incredulous and provocative; they have turned away and departed.
Jeremiah 7:28And you will say to them: This is the nation that has not listened to the voice of the Lord their God, nor accepted discipline. Faith has perished and been taken away from their mouth.
Jeremiah 9:4Let each one guard himself against his neighbor, and let him have no trust in any brother of his. For every brother will utterly overthrow, and every friend will advance deceitfully.
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 →