Jeremiah 6:28

They are all disobedient, walking perversely: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupted.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 caused thee to be tried among tried nations, and thou shalt know me when I have tried their way.

29The bellows have failed from the fire, the lead has failed: the silversmith works at his trade in vain; their wickedness is not consumed.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:16Thou shalt not walk deceitfully among thy people; thou shalt not rise up against the blood of thy neighbor: I am the Lord your God.

Psalms 50:20Do good, O Lord, to Zion in thy good pleasure; 1 And let the walls of Jerusalem be built. 1

Isaiah 1:4Ah sinful nation, a people full of sins, an evil seed, lawless children: ye have forsaken the Lord, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 5:23But this people has a disobedient and rebellious heart; and they have turned aside and gone back:

Jeremiah 7:28This is the nation which has not hearkened to the voice of the Lord, nor received correction: truth has failed from their mouth.

Jeremiah 9:4Every one will mock his friend; they will not speak truth: their tongue has learned to speak falsehoods; they have committed iniquity, they ceased not, so as to return.

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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