Jeremiah 6:29
The bellows have failed from the fire, the lead has failed: the silversmith works at his trade in vain; their wickedness is not consumed.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
28They are all disobedient, walking perversely: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupted.
30Call ye them reprobate silver, because the Lord has rejected them.
Cross References
Isaiah 49:4Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have given my strength for vanity and for nothing: therefore is my judgment with the Lord, and my labor before my God.
Ezekiel 24:12and her abundant scum may not come forth of her.
Hosea 11:7and his people shall cleave fondly to their habitation; but God shall be angry with his precious things, and shall not at all exalt him.
Malachi 3:2And who will abide the day of his coming? or who will withstand at his appearing? for he is coming in as the fire of a furnace and as the herb of fullers.
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 →