Jeremiah 6:29
The bellows burn; The lead is consumed by the fire; The refiner hath melted in vain, For the bad are not separated.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
28They are all stubborn revolters, Slanderers are they, brass and iron; They are all corrupt.
30Rejected silver shall men call them, Because Jehovah hath rejected them.
Cross References
Isaiah 49:4Then I said, I have labored in vain; For naught, for vanity, have I spent my strength; Yet my cause is with Jehovah, And my reward with my God.
Ezekiel 24:12It hath wearied me with labors, yet its thick rust goeth not from it; its rust remaineth in the midst of the fire.
Hosea 11:7For my people persevere in turning away from me; Though they are called to the Most High, None will exalt him.
Malachi 3:2But who shall abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appeareth? For he shall be like the fire of the refiner, And like the soap of the fuller.
1 Peter 4:12Beloved, be not surprised at the fiery trial which is taking place among you to prove you, as though a strange thing were befalling you;
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 →