The bellows have failed from the fire, the lead has failed: the silversmith works at his trade in vain; their wickedness is not consumed.
KJV
Jeremiah 6:29
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
Parallel Translations
The bellows have failed from the fire, the lead has failed: the silversmith works at his trade in vain; their wickedness is not consumed.
The bellows blow fiercely. The lead is consumed in the fire. In vain they go on refining, for the wicked are not plucked away.
Cross References
Malachi 3:2–3Ezekiel 24:13Jeremiah 9:7Proverbs 17:3Hosea 11:7Isaiah 49:4Zechariah 13:91 Peter 4:121 Peter 1:7
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