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Jeremiah 6:28

Sin

26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.

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

30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.
KJV
They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
WEB
They are all grievous rebels, going around to slander. They are bronze and iron. All of them deal corruptly.
ASV
They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.
DARBY
They are all the most rebellious of rebels, going about with slander: they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters.
BLB
All of them are turning aside, rebelling, walking [in] slander; [they are] bronze and iron, they [are] all acting corruptly.
ÅB
De er alle sammen de stridigste gjenstridige, de går omkring som baktalere, de er kobber og jern; de gjør alle det som er til skade.
OTB
De er alle sta opprørske, går omkring som baktalere. De er bronse og jern; de handler alle korrupte.
B1930
De er alle sammen de stridigste gjenstridige, de går omkring som baktalere, de er kobber og jern; de gjør alle det som er til skade.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 9:4

    Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

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  • Jeremiah 5:23

    But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

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  • Jeremiah 18:18

    Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

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  • Ezekiel 22:18–22

    Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

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  • Revelation 19:2

    For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

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  • Jeremiah 20:10

    For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

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  • Jeremiah 6:30

    Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.

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  • Revelation 11:18

    And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

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