Jeremiah 6:29
The bellows are burnt, by the fire the lead is consumed: in vain the melter refineth; for the wicked are not separated away.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
28They all are grievous revolters, going about as talebearers, copper and iron: they all are corrupt.
30Refuse silver men call them; because the Lord hath rejected them.
Cross References
Isaiah 49:4But I had indeed said, For no purpose have I labored, for naught and vanity have I spent my strength; yet surely my cause is with the Lord, and the recompense of my work with my God.
Ezekiel 24:12With fraud hath she wearied [the poor]; therefore shall not go forth from her the greatness of her scum: through fire shall her scum [be removed].
Hosea 11:7For my people are only bent on backsliding from me; and though upward they call them, they altogether will not elevate themselves.
Malachi 3:2But who can sustain the day of his coming? and who can stand when he appeareth? for he is like the fire of the melter, and like the lye of the washers:
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 →