Jeremiah 6:29
The bellows have failed, the lead is consumed in the fire, the founder hath melted in vain: for their wicked deeds are not consumed.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
30Call them reprobate silver, for the Lord hath rejected them.
Cross References
Isaiah 49:4And I said: I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength without cause and in vain: therefore my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.
Ezekiel 24:12Great pains have been taken, and the great rust thereof is not gone out, not even by fire.
Hosea 11:7And my people shall long for my return: but a yoke shall be put upon them together, which shall not be taken off.
Malachi 3:2And who shall be able to think of the day of his coming? and who shall stand to see him? for he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller's herb:
1 Peter 4:12Dearly beloved, think not strange the burning heat which is to try you, as if some new thing happened to you;
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 →