Jeremiah 6:28

Jeremiah 6:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
• New International Version (NIV)They are all hardened rebels, going about to slander. They are bronze and iron; they all act corruptly.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They are all stubbornly rebellious, going about with slanders; they are bronze and iron; all of them act corruptly.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They are all stubborn rebels, walking as slanderers. They are bronze and iron, They are all corrupters;

Context of Jeremiah 6:28

26Daughter of my people, put on sackcloth And roll in ashes; Mourn as for an only son, A most bitter mourning. For suddenly the destroyer Will come against us. 27“I have made you an assayer and an examiner among My people, So that you may know and put their way to the test.” All of them are stubbornly rebellious, Going about as a slanderer; They are bronze and iron. They are, all of them, corrupt. 29The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the wicked are not separated. 30They call them rejected silver, Because the Lord has rejected them.

Jeremiah 6:28 word by word

כֻּלָּם֙ סָרֵ֣י סֽוֹרְרִ֔ים הֹלְכֵ֥י רָכִ֖יל נְחֹ֣שֶׁת וּבַרְזֶ֑ל כֻּלָּ֥ם מַשְׁחִיתִ֖ים הֵֽמָּה׃Read the interlinear

• Allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• of them are stubbornlyסָרַרsârar · to rebelH5637
• Goingהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• aboutהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• as a slandererרָכִילrâkîyl · slanderH7400
• bronzeנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
• and ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel · ironH1270
• of them, corruptשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843

Cross-references for Jeremiah 6:28

• Jeremiah 5:23But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; They have turned aside and departed.
• Isaiah 1:5Where will you be stricken again, As you continue in your rebellion? The entire head is sick And the entire heart is faint.
• Isaiah 31:6Return to Him against whom you have been profoundly obstinate, you sons of Israel.
• Jeremiah 9:4“Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor, And do not trust any brother; Because every brother utterly betrays, And every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.
• Jeremiah 18:18Then they said, “Come and let’s devise plans against Jeremiah. Certainly the Law is not going to be lost by the priest, nor advice by the wise, nor the divine word by the prophet! Come, and let’s strike at him with our tongue, and let’s pay no attention to any of his words.”
• Jeremiah 20:10For I have heard the whispering of many, “Terror on every side! Denounce him; let’s denounce him!” All my trusted friends, Watching for my fall, say: “Perhaps he will be persuaded, so that we may prevail against him And take our revenge on him.”
• Psalms 50:20You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother’s son.
• Jeremiah 6:30They call them rejected silver, Because the Lord has rejected them.
• Ezekiel 22:18“Son of man, the house of Israel has become waste metal to Me; all of them are bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the smelting furnace; they are the waste metal of silver.
• Isaiah 1:4Oh, sinful nation, People weighed down with guilt, Offspring of evildoers, Sons who act corruptly! They have abandoned the Lord, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have turned away from Him.
• Revelation 11:18And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
• Revelation 19:2because His judgments are true and righteous; for He has judged the great prostitute who was corrupting the earth with her sexual immorality, and He has avenged the blood of His bond-servants on her.”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 6:28

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-30Verses 18-30 God rejects their outward services, as worthless to atone for their sins. Sacrifice and incense were to direct them to a Mediator; but when offered to purchase a license to go on in sin, they provoke God. The sins of God's professing people make them an easy prey to their enemies. They dare not show themselves. Saints may rejoice in hope of God's mercies, though they see them only in the promise: sinners must mourn for fear of God's…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28The people's impurities were spiritual. They included rebelling against God, slandering others, being stubborn, and leading others into corruption (Ezekiel 22:18).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. grievous revolters--literally, "contumacious of the contumacious," that is, most contumacious, the Hebrew mode of expressing a superlative. So "the strong among the mighty," that is, the strongest (Eze 32:21). See Jr 5:23; Ho 4:16. walking with slanders--(Jr 9:4). "Going about for the purpose of slandering" [Maurer]. brass, &c.--that is, copper. It and "iron" being the baser and harder metals express the debased and obdurate character of the Jews (Is…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 6:28

• Slander
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Brass
• Cruel
• Mount
• Reprobate
• Wallow
• Brass; Brazen
• Grievous; Grievously; Greievousness
• Iron (1)
• Jeremiah (2)
• Sheshach

Commentaries on Jeremiah 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings