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Jeremiah 6:29 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Jeremiah 6:29 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 6 verse 29 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire ; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.”
Jeremiah 6:29 (KJV)
Commentary on 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.Jeremiah employs metallurgical imagery to describe Judah's incorrigible wickedness. The Hebrew mapeach ("bellows") pumped air to intensify furnace heat for refining silver. Nachar ("burned") suggests the bellows themselves are damaged from excessive use. Ophereth ("lead") served as flux to separate silver from impurities - consumed entirely without achieving purification. Tzaraph ("founder," refiner) labors futilely because the wicked (ra'im) cannot be separated (nataq - "...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 6:29
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“don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you”
“you shall not be cleansed from your filthiness any more”
“and will refine them as silver is refined”
“he certainly won't exalt them.”
“I have labored in vain”
“and the furnace for gold”
“Behold”
“which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire”