King James Version
Jeremiah 6:28 in the King James Version says “They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.”
Jeremiah 6:28 · KJV
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire ; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them. Reprobate: or, Refuse silver
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“walking”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“they are brass”
H5178copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e., coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“they are all corrupters”
H7843to decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
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