Jeremiah 6:29
The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.
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In Context
30Men will call them 'rejected silver,' because the Lord has rejected them."
Cross References
Isaiah 49:4But I said, "I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice due to me is with the Lord, and my reward with my God."
Ezekiel 24:12She has wearied herself with toil; yet her great rust doesn't go forth out of her; her rust doesn't go forth by fire.
Hosea 11:7My people are determined to turn from me.Though they call to the Most High,he certainly won't exalt them.
Malachi 3:2"But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like launderer's soap;
1 Peter 4:12Beloved, do not be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to 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 →