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Jeremiah and a metalworker study dark slag in a clay furnace by firelight.
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Jeremiah 6:27-30

Rejected silver

The Ancient Paths and Rejected Silver · Jeremiah 6

Story guide: The prophet tests the people as a refiner, but the impurities remain.

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27I have made you a tester of metals among my people, a fortress, so that you may discern and test their way of life.

28All of them are the most stubborn rebels, going about spreading slander; they are bronze and iron; all of them spread corruption.

29The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed by the fire. In vain the refiner keeps refining, but the wicked are not separated out.

30They are called ‘rejected silver,’ because Yahweh has rejected them.

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