Jeremiah 6:27-29

Easy-to-Read Version

²⁷ “Jeremiah, I want you to be
    like a worker who tests metals.
You will test my people
    and watch how they live.
²⁸ My people have turned against me,
    and they are very stubborn.
    They say bad things about people.
They are like bronze and iron
    that are covered with rust and tarnish.
²⁹ They are like a worker who tried to make silver pure.
The bellows^[a] blew strongly, and the fire became hotter,
    but only lead came from the fire.^[b]
The worker wasted his time
    trying to make that silver pure.
    In the same way the evil was not removed from my people.