Bible verse
All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.
Jeremiah 6:28 · BSB
The verses around it, from Jeremiah 6.
24 We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
25 Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
26 O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
27 “I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.
28 All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.
29 The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.
30 They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”
KJV
They [are] all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: [they are] brass and iron; they [are] all corrupters.
ASV
They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.
ERV
They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.
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