Jeremiah 6:29

The bellows have been burnt, By fire hath the lead been consumed, In vain hath a refiner refined, And the wicked have not been drawn away.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.

In Context

28All of them are turned aside by apostates, Walking slanderously — brass and iron, All of them are corrupters.

30'Silver rejected,' they have called to them, For Jehovah hath kicked against them!

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Cross References

Isaiah 49:4And I said, 'For a vain thing I laboured, For emptiness and vanity my power I consumed, But my judgment [is] with Jehovah, And my wage with my God.

Ezekiel 24:12[With] sorrows she hath wearied herself, And the abundance of her scum goeth not out of her, In the fire [is] her scum.

Hosea 11:7And My people are hanging in suspense, about My returning, And unto the Most High they do call, Together they exalt not.

Malachi 3:2And who is bearing the day of his coming? And who is standing in his appearing? For he [is] as fire of a refiner, And as soap of a fuller.

1 Peter 4:12Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening 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 →

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