Jeremiah 6:28

They are all stubborn revolters, Slanderers are they, brass and iron; They are all corrupt.

Noyes Bible

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 set thee, like a tower, for an assayer among my people, That thou mayst know and try their way.

29The bellows burn; The lead is consumed by the fire; The refiner hath melted in vain, For the bad are not separated.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

Isaiah 1:4Ah, sinful nation! a people laden with iniquity! A race of evil-doers! degenerate children! They have forsaken Jehovah; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; They have gone backward.

Jeremiah 5:23But this people hath a revolting and rebellious heart; They revolt continually.

Jeremiah 7:28Therefore shalt thou say to them, This is the nation that hearkeneth not to the voice of Jehovah their God, And taketh no correction; Truth hath failed, and is cut off from their mouth.

Jeremiah 9:4Be on your guard each one against his neighbor, And trust ye not in any brother; For every brother will supplant, And every neighbor will slander.

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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