Jeremiah 6:28-30

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²⁸ My people have turned against me,
    and they are very stubborn.
    They say bad things about people.
They are like bronze and iron
    that are covered with rust and tarnish.
²⁹ They are like a worker who tried to make silver pure.
The bellows^[a] blew strongly, and the fire became hotter,
    but only lead came from the fire.^[b]
The worker wasted his time
    trying to make that silver pure.
    In the same way the evil was not removed from my people.
³⁰ My people will be called ‘Rejected Silver.’
    They will be given that name because the Lord did not accept them.”