Jeremías 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.
Context
This verse from Jeremías Chapter 6 connects to 10 cross-references. El desastre amenaza a Jerusalén desde el norte. Dios ha rechazado y abandonado a esta generación porque se alejaron de él; Jeremías lamenta que no calla ni puede tolerar la ira acumulada.
Otras traducciones
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.
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.
The blower is blowing strongly, the lead is burned away in the fire: they go on heating the metal to no purpose, for the evil-doers are not taken away.
Referencias cruzadas
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In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged …
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and …
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like …
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all …
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will …