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27 “I have made you [C Jeremiah] like a ·worker who tests metal [L tester and refiner/or fortress] among people [C who are like the ore].
You must ·observe [know] their ways
    and test them.
28 All my people have ·turned [rebelled] against me and are stubborn.
    They go around ·telling lies about others [slandering].
They are like bronze and iron [C rusted, not refined]
    that act dishonestly.
29 The ·fire is fanned to make it hotter [bellows blow],
    but the lead ·does not melt [is consumed by the fire].
·The pure metal does not come out [L The refining is in vain];
    the evil is not removed from my people.
30 My people will be called rejected silver,
    because the Lord has rejected them [Ezek. 22:17–22].”

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27 “I have made you a tester(A) of metals
    and my people the ore,
that you may observe
    and test their ways.
28 They are all hardened rebels,(B)
    going about to slander.(C)
They are bronze and iron;(D)
    they all act corruptly.
29 The bellows blow fiercely
    to burn away the lead with fire,
but the refining(E) goes on in vain;
    the wicked are not purged out.
30 They are called rejected silver,(F)
    because the Lord has rejected them.”(G)

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