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Jeremiah 6:29

The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.

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ASV

The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.

KJV

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

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10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
נָחַ֣רna.Charit puffsH2787 →
מַפֻּ֔חַma.Pu.ach[the] bellow[s]H4647 →
מֵאֵ֖שׁ תַּ֣םme.'ish tamfrom a fire it is completeH784 →H8535 →
עֹפָ֑רֶת'o.Fa.retleadH5777 →
לַשָּׁוְא֙la.shaV'for <the> vanityH7723 →
צָרַ֣ףtza.Rafsomeone has refinedH6884 →
צָר֔וֹףtza.Rofsteadfastly <to refine>H6884 →
וְרָעִ֖יםve.ra.'Imand evil [people]H7451 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
נִתָּֽקוּ׃ni.Ta.kuthey have been separatedH5423 →

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Isaiah 1:25I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.Isaiah 49:4But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”Jeremiah 9:7Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?Malachi 3:2–3But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.Zechariah 13:9This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”Proverbs 17:3A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.Hosea 11:7My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.1 Peter 4:12Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.Ezekiel 24:13Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.Ezekiel 22:24“Son of man, say to her, ‘In the day of indignation, you are a land that has not been cleansed, upon which no rain has fallen.’Ezekiel 24:6Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.Jeremiah 21:14I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around you.’”1 Peter 1:7so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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