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Jeremiah 6:29 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 6 · verse 29
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.Jeremiah 6:29 · King James Version
Jeremiah 6:29 in context
27I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
28They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
30Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- consumedtâmamto complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitiveH8552 →
- bellowsmappuachthe bellows of aforgeH4647 →
- foundertsâraphto fuseH6884 →
- burnedchârarto glowH2787 →
- wickedraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- leadʻôwpherethleadH5777 →
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Here, I. God appeals to all the neighbours, nay, to the whole world, concerning the equity of his proceedings against Judah and Jerusalem (Jer 6:18, Jer 6:19): "Hear, you nations, and know particularly, O congregation of the mighty, the great men of the nations, that take cognizance of the affairs of states about you…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-30