Jeremiah 6:29
The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed of the fire; in vain doth the founder refine, for the wicked are not separated.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
30Refuse silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
Cross References
Isaiah 49:4But I said: 'I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and vanity; yet surely my right is with the LORD, and my recompense with my God.'
Ezekiel 24:12It hath wearied itself with toil; yet its great filth goeth not forth out of it, yea, its noisome filth.
Hosea 11:7And My people are in suspense about returning to Me; and though they call them upwards, none at all will lift himself up.
Malachi 3:2But who may abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap;
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 →