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But it does not purify them, for the wickedness remains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed by the fire; in vain the refining goes on, for the wicked are not removed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; The smelter refines in vain, For the wicked are not drawn off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the wicked are not separated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the wicked are not separated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the wicked are not separated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The bellows blow fiercely; The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the evil ones are not separated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain they continue refining, But the wicked are not separated <i>and</i> removed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The bellows blow, blasting the lead with fire. The refining is completely in vain; the evil ones are not separated out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The bellows blow, blasting the lead with fire. The refining is completely in vain; the evil ones are not separated out. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The bellows blow fiercely to consume the lead with the fire. The assayer keeps on refining, but the impurities aren't separated out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The bellows is burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The bellows blow fiercely. The lead is consumed in the fire. In vain they go on refining, for the wicked are not plucked away. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The bellows were burnt from their fire, the founder melted the lead in vain, and the evil were not plucked up.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The bellows have failed, the lead is consumed in the fire, the founder hath melted in vain: for their wicked deeds are not consumed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The bellows are scorched, the lead is consumed by the fire; In vain has the refiner refined, the wicked are not drawn off. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed by the fire; in vain the refining goes on, for the wicked are not removed.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by their fire; the refiner purges in vain; for their evil does not come out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The bellows and the lead fail from their fire, and in vain the Refiner refines and their evil is not consumed<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed of the fire; In vain doth the founder refine, For the wicked are not separated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The bellows have failed from the fire, the lead has failed: the silversmith works at his trade in vain; their wickedness is not consumed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/6-29.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=2066" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/6.htm">An Invasion from the North</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">28</span>All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt. <span class="reftext">29</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4647.htm" title="4647: map·pu·aḥ (N-ms) -- A bellows. From naphach; the bellows of a forge.">The bellows</a> <a href="/hebrew/2787.htm" title="2787: nā·ḥar (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To be hot or scorched, to burn. A primitive root; to glow, i.e. Literally or figuratively">blow fiercely,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5777.htm" title="5777: ‘ō·p̄ā·reṯ (N-fs) -- Lead (a metal). Or mophereth; feminine participle active of aphar; lead.">blasting away the lead</a> <a href="/hebrew/800.htm" title="800: mē·ʾiš·tam (Prep-m:: N-cs) -- A fire. Feminine of 'esh; fire.">with fire.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6884.htm" title="6884: ṣā·rap̄ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To smelt, refine, test. A primitive root; to fuse, i.e. Refine.">The refining proceeds</a> <a href="/hebrew/6884.htm" title="6884: ṣā·rō·wp̄ (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To smelt, refine, test. A primitive root; to fuse, i.e. Refine."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7723.htm" title="7723: laš·šāw (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- Or shav; from the same as show' in the sense of desolating; evil, literally or morally; figuratively idolatry, uselessness.">in vain,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: wə·rā·‘îm (Conj-w:: Adj-mp) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">for the wicked</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">are not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5423.htm" title="5423: nit·tā·qū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To pull, draw, or tear away, apart, or off. A primitive root; to tear off.">purged.</a> </span><span class="reftext">30</span>They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2-3</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/48-10.htm">Isaiah 48:10</a></span><br />See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-18.htm">Ezekiel 22:18-22</a></span><br />“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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/17-3.htm">Proverbs 17:3</a></span><br />A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/13-9.htm">Zechariah 13:9</a></span><br />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.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-6.htm">1 Peter 1:6-7</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-25.htm">Isaiah 1:25</a></span><br />I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-13.htm">1 Corinthians 3:13-15</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/66-10.htm">Psalm 66:10</a></span><br />For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/3-18.htm">Revelation 3:18</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/48-4.htm">Isaiah 48:4</a></span><br />For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/23-10.htm">Job 23:10</a></span><br />Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-12.htm">Matthew 3:12</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/12-10.htm">Daniel 12:10</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-27.htm">1 Corinthians 9:27</a></span><br />No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melts in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.</p><p class="hdg">the founder.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/9-7.htm">Jeremiah 9:7</a></b></br> 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?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/17-3.htm">Proverbs 17:3</a></b></br> The fining pot <i>is</i> for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/13-9.htm">Zechariah 13:9</a></b></br> 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 <i>is</i> my people: and they shall say, The LORD <i>is</i> my God.</p><p class="hdg">in vain.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/49-4.htm">Isaiah 49:4</a></b></br> Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: <i>yet</i> surely my judgment <i>is</i> with the LORD, and my work with my God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/24-13.htm">Ezekiel 24:13</a></b></br> In thy filthiness <i>is</i> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/11-7.htm">Hosea 11:7</a></b></br> And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt <i>him</i>.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/41-23.htm">Bad</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-1.htm">Blow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-11.htm">Blowing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-4.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-20.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-20.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-5.htm">Drawn</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-15.htm">Fiercely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-1.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-7.htm">Founder</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-6.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-12.htm">Heating</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-15.htm">Lead</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-19.htm">Melted</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-19.htm">Melteth</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-5.htm">Metal</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-6.htm">Plucked</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-9.htm">Purged</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-20.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-25.htm">Refine</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-19.htm">Refining</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-1.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-5.htm">Separated</a> <a href="/job/30-27.htm">Strongly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-30.htm">Vain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-28.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/24-2.htm">Bad</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Blow</a> <a href="/luke/12-55.htm">Blowing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-21.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-16.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-19.htm">Drawn</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-52.htm">Fiercely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-9.htm">Founder</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-6.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-20.htm">Heating</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-16.htm">Lead</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-23.htm">Melted</a> <a href="/amos/9-5.htm">Melteth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-14.htm">Metal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-15.htm">Plucked</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-13.htm">Purged</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-24.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-7.htm">Refine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-7.htm">Refining</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-1.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-7.htm">Separated</a> <a href="/acts/27-34.htm">Strongly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-8.htm">Vain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-1.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/6-1.htm">The enemies sent against Judah,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/6-4.htm">encourage themselves.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/6-6.htm">God sets them on work because of their sins.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/6-9.htm">The prophet laments the judgments of God because of their sins.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/6-18.htm">He proclaims God's wrath.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/6-26.htm">He calls the people to mourn for the judgment on their sins.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' 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In ancient metallurgy, bellows were used to increase the heat of the fire, symbolizing God's judgment and purification process. The imagery suggests a relentless attempt to purify the people of Judah, reflecting God's desire for their repentance and transformation. This can be compared to the refining process described in <a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2-3</a>, where God is portrayed as a refiner and purifier of silver.<p><b>Blasting away the lead with fire</b><br>Lead was often used in ancient refining processes to separate impurities from precious metals. Here, it symbolizes the impurities within the people of Judah. The fire represents God's judgment, intended to remove sin and corruption. This imagery is consistent with the biblical theme of purification through fire, as seen in passages like <a href="/zechariah/13-9.htm">Zechariah 13:9</a>, where God refines His people as one refines silver.<p><b>The refining proceeds in vain</b><br>Despite the intense efforts to purify, the process is unsuccessful. This highlights the stubbornness and unrepentant nature of the people. It serves as a warning about the futility of external religious rituals without genuine repentance and transformation of the heart. This theme is echoed in <a href="/isaiah/1-22.htm">Isaiah 1:22</a>, where God criticizes the people for their superficial worship and lack of true righteousness.<p><b>For the wicked are not purged</b><br>The failure to remove wickedness underscores the depth of Judah's spiritual corruption. Despite God's efforts, the people's hearts remain hardened. This reflects the broader biblical narrative of human sinfulness and the need for divine intervention. It points to the ultimate solution found in Jesus Christ, who purifies believers through His sacrifice, as seen in <a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14</a>, where Christ's blood cleanses our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and judgment to the people of Judah. His ministry was marked by themes of repentance and the consequences of disobedience.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing impending judgment due to its persistent sin and rebellion against God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_refiner.htm">The Refiner</a></b><br>Symbolically represents God or His appointed agents who attempt to purify the people through trials and judgment.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>Refers to the people of Judah who have turned away from God and are resistant to His attempts at purification.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_refining_process.htm">The Refining Process</a></b><br>A metaphor for God's efforts to purify His people, using the imagery of a metalworker attempting to remove impurities from metal.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_purpose_of_refining.htm">The Purpose of Refining</a></b><br>God uses trials and challenges to purify and strengthen His people, much like a refiner purifies metal.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/resistance_to_purification.htm">Resistance to Purification</a></b><br>When people resist God's refining process, it becomes ineffective, as seen in the stubbornness of Judah.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_disobedience.htm">The Cost of Disobedience</a></b><br>Persistent sin and rebellion lead to judgment and missed opportunities for spiritual growth and renewal.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>True repentance is necessary for God's refining work to be effective in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_relentless_pursuit.htm">God's Relentless Pursuit</a></b><br>Despite resistance, God continues to pursue His people, desiring their purification and return to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_cannibalism.htm">What does the Bible say about cannibalism?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_records_confirm_past_jerusalem_disasters.htm">Isaiah 29:6 describes a sudden onslaught of earthquakes, storms, and fire; do geological or historical records confirm disasters of this magnitude in Jerusalem's past?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_jeremiah_6_26-30_stress_total_ruin.htm">Why does the message in Jeremiah 6:26-30 emphasize complete destruction when other prophetic texts suggest partial judgment, possibly indicating an inconsistency in prophetic outlooks?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_a_fiery_being_appear_to_ezekiel.htm">In Ezekiel 8:2, how could a being with 'the appearance of fire' physically appear and interact with Ezekiel?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(29) <span class= "bld">The bellows are burned.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">burn, </span>or <span class= "ital">glow. </span>In the interpretation of the parable the "bellows" answer to the life of the prophet as filled with the breath or spirit of Jehovah. He is, as it were, consumed with that fiery blast, and yet his work is faulty.<p><span class= "bld">The lead is consumed . . .</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">from their fire is lead only. </span>A different punctuation gives, <span class= "ital">The bellows burn with fire; yet lead is the only outcome. </span>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.<p><span class= "bld">Plucked away.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">separated </span>or <span class= "ital">purified, </span>as in keeping with the metaphor.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 29.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The bellows are burned</span>. 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 <a href="/ezekiel/15-4.htm">Ezekiel 15:4</a>), 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," <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. 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 <span class="accented">tammah</span>). It is better, therefore, to give the verb (which will be Kal, if the <span class="accented">nun</span> be radical) the sense of "snorting," which it has in Aramaic and in Arabic, and which the corresponding noun has in Hebrew (<a href="/jeremiah/8-16.htm">Jeremiah 8:16</a>; <a href="/job/39-20.htm">Job 39:20</a>; <a href="/job/41-12.htm">Job 41:12</a>). 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 <span class="accented">tittom</span> 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, <span class="cmt_word">Plucked away</span>; rather, <span class="accented">separated</span>, like the dross from the silver. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/6-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The bellows</span><br /><span class="heb">מַפֻּ֔חַ</span> <span class="translit">(map·pu·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4647.htm">Strong's 4647: </a> </span><span class="str2">The bellows, of a, forge</span><br /><br /><span class="word">blow fiercely,</span><br /><span class="heb">נָחַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ḥar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2787.htm">Strong's 2787: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be hot or scorched, to burn</span><br /><br /><span class="word">blasting away</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(tam)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_800.htm">Strong's 800: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the lead [with fire].</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹפָ֑רֶת</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·p̄ā·reṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5777.htm">Strong's 5777: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lead (a metal)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">The refining [proceeds]</span><br /><span class="heb">צָרַ֣ף</span> <span class="translit">(ṣā·rap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6884.htm">Strong's 6884: </a> </span><span class="str2">To smelt, refine, test</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in vain,</span><br /><span class="heb">לַשָּׁוְא֙</span> <span class="translit">(laš·šāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7723.htm">Strong's 7723: </a> </span><span class="str2">Evil, idolatry, uselessness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for the wicked</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרָעִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bad, evil</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">purged.</span><br /><span class="heb">נִתָּֽקוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(nit·tā·qū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5423.htm">Strong's 5423: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pull, draw, or tear away, apart, or off</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/6-29.htm">Jeremiah 6:29 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/6-29.htm">Jeremiah 6:29 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/6-29.htm">Jeremiah 6:29 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/6-29.htm">Jeremiah 6:29 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/6-29.htm">Jeremiah 6:29 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/6-29.htm">Jeremiah 6:29 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/6-29.htm">Jeremiah 6:29 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/6-29.htm">Jeremiah 6:29 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/6-29.htm">Jeremiah 6:29 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/6-29.htm">Jeremiah 6:29 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/6-29.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 6:29 The bellows blow fiercely (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/6-28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 6:28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 6:28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/6-30.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 6:30"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 6:30" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>