Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The bellows blow fiercely to burn away the lead with fire, but the refining goes on in vain; the wicked are not purged out. New Living Translation The bellows fiercely fan the flames to burn out the corruption. But it does not purify them, for the wickedness remains. English Standard Version The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed by the fire; in vain the refining goes on, for the wicked are not removed. Berean Standard Bible The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged. King James Bible The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. New King James Version The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; The smelter refines in vain, For the wicked are not drawn off. New American Standard Bible The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the wicked are not separated. NASB 1995 The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the wicked are not separated. NASB 1977 The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the wicked are not separated. Legacy Standard Bible The bellows blow fiercely; The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the evil ones are not separated. Amplified Bible The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain they continue refining, But the wicked are not separated and removed. Christian Standard Bible The bellows blow, blasting the lead with fire. The refining is completely in vain; the evil ones are not separated out. Holman Christian Standard Bible The bellows blow, blasting the lead with fire. The refining is completely in vain; the evil ones are not separated out. American Standard Version 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. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation The bellows of the blast furnace blow fiercely to make the fire melt away the lead. It is useless to go on refining because the impurities can't be removed. Good News Translation The furnace burns fiercely, but the waste metals do not melt and run off. It is useless to go on refining my people, because those who are evil are not taken away. International Standard Version The bellows blow fiercely to consume the lead with the fire. The assayer keeps on refining, but the impurities aren't separated out. Majority Standard Bible The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged. NET Bible The fiery bellows of judgment burn fiercely. But there is too much dross to be removed. The process of refining them has proved useless. The wicked have not been purged. New Heart English Bible 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. Webster's Bible Translation The bellows is burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. World English Bible The bellows blow fiercely. The lead is consumed in the fire. In vain they go on refining, for the wicked are not plucked away. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe bellows have been burned, "" The lead has been consumed by fire, "" A refiner has refined in vain, "" And the wicked have not been drawn away. Young's Literal Translation The bellows have been burnt, By fire hath the lead been consumed, In vain hath a refiner refined, And the wicked have not been drawn away. Smith's Literal Translation The bellows were burnt from their fire, the founder melted the lead in vain, and the evil were not plucked up. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe bellows have failed, the lead is consumed in the fire, the founder hath melted in vain: for their wicked deeds are not consumed. Catholic Public Domain Version The bellows has failed; the lead has been consumed by fire; the molten metal was melted to no purpose. For their wickedness has not been consumed. New American Bible The bellows are scorched, the lead is consumed by the fire; In vain has the refiner refined, the wicked are not drawn off. New Revised Standard Version The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed by the fire; in vain the refining goes on, for the wicked are not removed. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by their fire; the refiner purges in vain; for their evil does not come out. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The bellows and the lead fail from their fire, and in vain the Refiner refines and their evil is not consumed OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed of the fire; In vain doth the founder refine, For the wicked are not separated. Brenton Septuagint Translation The bellows have failed from the fire, the lead has failed: the silversmith works at his trade in vain; their wickedness is not consumed. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context An Invasion from the North…28All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt. 29The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged. 30They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”… Cross References Malachi 3:2-3 But 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. / And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness. Isaiah 48:10 See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. Ezekiel 22:18-22 “Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver. / Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because all of you have become dross, behold, I will gather you into Jerusalem. / Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you. ... Proverbs 17:3 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts. Zechariah 13:9 This 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.’” 1 Peter 1:6-7 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials / so 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. Isaiah 1:25 I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities. 1 Corinthians 3:13-15 his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work. / If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward. / If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames. Psalm 66:10 For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver. Revelation 3:18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. Isaiah 48:4 For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze. Job 23:10 Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold. Matthew 3:12 His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” Daniel 12:10 Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand. 1 Corinthians 9:27 No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified. Treasury of Scripture The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melts in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. the founder. Jeremiah 9:7 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people? Proverbs 17:3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God. in vain. Isaiah 49:4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God. Ezekiel 24:13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee. Hosea 11:7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him. Jump to Previous Bad Blow Blowing Burn Burned Burnt Consumed Drawn Fiercely Fire Founder Goes Heating Lead Melted Melteth Metal Plucked Purged Purpose Refine Refining Removed Separated Strongly Vain WickedJump to Next Bad Blow Blowing Burn Burned Burnt Consumed Drawn Fiercely Fire Founder Goes Heating Lead Melted Melteth Metal Plucked Purged Purpose Refine Refining Removed Separated Strongly Vain WickedJeremiah 6 1. The enemies sent against Judah,4. encourage themselves. 6. God sets them on work because of their sins. 9. The prophet laments the judgments of God because of their sins. 18. He proclaims God's wrath. 26. He calls the people to mourn for the judgment on their sins. The bellows blow fiercely The imagery of "the bellows" refers to the tool used by a blacksmith to intensify the heat of a fire. In the Hebrew context, this phrase evokes the process of refining metals, a common practice in ancient times. The bellows, by blowing fiercely, symbolize the intense efforts God is making to purify His people. Historically, this reflects the period of Jeremiah's ministry, where God was using the Babylonian threat as a means to refine and test the Israelites. The fierce blowing indicates the severity and urgency of God's corrective measures. to consume the lead with fire The refining is in vain for the wicked are not purged The lead is consumed . . .--Better, from their fire is lead only. A different punctuation gives, The bellows burn with fire; yet lead is the only outcome. The point lies in the fact that lead was used as a flux in smelting silver ore. The founder in the case supposed went on with his work till the lead was melted, but he found no silver after all. Plucked away.--Better, separated or purified, as in keeping with the metaphor. Verse 29. - The bellows are burned. The objection to this rendering is that the burning of the bellows would involve the interruption of the process of assaying. We might, indeed, translate "are scorched" (on the authority of Ezekiel 15:4), and attach the word rendered "of the fire" to the first clause; the half-verse would then run: "The bellows are scorched through the fire; the lead is consumed," i.e. the bellows are even scorched through the heat of the furnace, and the lead has become entirely oxydized. But this requires us to alter the verb from the masculine to the feminine form of third sing. perf. (reading tammah). It is better, therefore, to give the verb (which will be Kal, if the nun be radical) the sense of "snorting," which it has in Aramaic and in Arabic, and which the corresponding noun has in Hebrew (Jeremiah 8:16; Job 39:20; Job 41:12). The masculine form of the verb rendered "is consumed" is still a difficulty; but we have a better right to suppose that the first letter of tittom was dropped, owing to its identity with the second letter, than to append (as the first view would require us) an entirely different letter at the end. This being done, the whole passage becomes clear: "The bellows puff, (that) the lead may be consumed of the fire." In any case, the general meaning is obvious. The assayer has spared no trouble, all the rules of his art have been obeyed, but no silver appears as the result of the process. Lead is mentioned, because, before quicksilver was known, it was employed as a flux in the operation of smelting, Plucked away; rather, separated, like the dross from the silver.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The bellowsמַפֻּ֔חַ (map·pu·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4647: The bellows, of a, forge blow fiercely, נָחַ֣ר (nā·ḥar) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2787: To be hot or scorched, to burn blasting away תַּ֣ם (tam) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 800: A fire the lead [with fire]. עֹפָ֑רֶת (‘ō·p̄ā·reṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5777: Lead (a metal) The refining [proceeds] צָרַ֣ף (ṣā·rap̄) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6884: To smelt, refine, test in vain, לַשָּׁוְא֙ (laš·šāw) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7723: Evil, idolatry, uselessness for the wicked וְרָעִ֖ים (wə·rā·‘îm) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7451: Bad, evil are not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no purged. נִתָּֽקוּ׃ (nit·tā·qū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5423: To pull, draw, or tear away, apart, or off Links Jeremiah 6:29 NIVJeremiah 6:29 NLT Jeremiah 6:29 ESV Jeremiah 6:29 NASB Jeremiah 6:29 KJV Jeremiah 6:29 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 6:29 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 6:29 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 6:29 French Bible Jeremiah 6:29 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 6:29 The bellows blow fiercely (Jer.) |
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