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Jeremiah 6:28

They are all the most rebellious of rebels, going about with slander: they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.

In Context

27I have set thee among my people as an assayer, a fortress, that thou mayest know and try their way.

29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; they have melted, and melted in vain; and the bad are not plucked away.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:16Thou shalt not go about as a talebearer among thy people; thou shalt not stand up against the life of thy neighbour: I am Jehovah.

Psalms 50:20Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother, thou revilest thine own mother's son:

Isaiah 1:4Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that corrupt themselves! They have forsaken Jehovah; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they are turned away backward.

Jeremiah 5:23But this people hath a stubborn and a rebellious heart; they have turned aside and are gone.

Jeremiah 7:28And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation which hath not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received correction; fidelity is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

Jeremiah 9:4Take ye heed every one of his friend, and confide not in any brother; for every brother only supplanteth, and every friend goeth about with slander.

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 →

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