NASB
"The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the wicked are not separated."
— Jeremiah 6:29, NASB
“The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.”
“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. ”
“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.”
“The fiery bellows of judgment burn fiercely. But there is too much dross to be removed. The process of refining them has proved useless. The wicked have not been purged.”
“The bellows have failed, the lead is consumed in the fire, the founder hath melted in vain: for their wicked deeds are not consumed.”
“The blower is blowing strongly, the lead is burned away in the fire: they go on heating the metal to no purpose, for the evil-doers are not taken away.”
“The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.”
O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth And roll in ashes; Mourn as for an only son, A lamentation most bitter. For suddenly the destroyer Will come upon us.
"I have made you an assayer and a tester among My people, That you may know and assay their way."
All of them are stubbornly rebellious, Going about as a talebearer. They are bronze and iron; They, all of them, are corrupt.
The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the wicked are not separated.
They call them rejected silver, Because the LORD has rejected them.