New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 6:27-30

27“I havemadeנְתַתִּ֥יךָne.ta.Ti.khaH5414you an assayerבָּח֛וֹןba.ChonH969anda testerמִבְצָ֑רmiv.TzarH4013among My peopleבְעַמִּ֖יve.'a.MiH5971,That you may knowוְתֵדַ֕עve.te.Da'H3045and assayוּבָחַנְתָּ֖u.va.chan.TaH974their wayדַּרְכָּֽם׃dar.KamH1870.”

28Allכֻּלָּם֙ku.LamH3605of them are stubbornlyH5637rebelliousH5637,Goingהֹלְכֵ֥יho.le.KheiH1980about as a talebearerרָכִ֖ילra.KhilH7400. They arebronzeנְחֹ֣שֶׁתne.Cho.shetH5178and ironוּבַרְזֶ֑לu.var.ZelH1270;They, allכֻּלָּ֥םku.LamH3605of them, are corruptמַשְׁחִיתִ֖יםmash.chi.TimH7843.

29The bellowsמַפֻּ֔חַma.Pu.achH4647blowH2787fiercelyH2787,The leadעֹפָ֑רֶת'o.Fa.retH5777is consumedH8552by the fireH800;In vainלַשָּׁוְא֙la.shaV'H7723the refiningצָרַ֣ףtza.RafH6884goesצָר֔וֹףtza.RofH6884on, But thewickedוְרָעִ֖יםve.ra.'ImH7451are notseparatedנִתָּֽקוּ׃ni.Ta.kuH5423.

30They callקָרְא֖וּka.re.'UH7121them rejectedנִמְאָ֔סnim.'AsH3988silverכֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefH3701,Becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588theLordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068has rejectedמָאַ֥סma.'AsH3988them.

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