Jeremiah 6:28

“All of them are rebels among the stubborn, going about slandering; bronze and iron, all of them are corrupters.”

Jeremiah 6:28 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 6:28, word by word

are rebelsסָרֵיsare

turn aside

To leave the road, go away.

Where else “sare” appears
among the stubbornסוֹרְרִיםsorrim

be stubborn

Be stubborn: turn away from what one is told, refuse to be led.

Where else “sorrim” appears
going aboutהֹלְכֵיholche

roam

To move about with no fixed course, roaming a place.

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slanderingרָכִילrachil

slanderer

Gossip, slander; one who goes about telling things about others.

Where else “rachil” appears
bronzeנְחֹשֶׁתnechoshet

bronze

Bronze, or things made of bronze.

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and ironבַרְזֶלvarzel

iron

Iron; an iron tool.

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corruptersמַשְׁחִיתִיםmashchitim

corrupt

To spoil: to stop being useful, or to turn from good and become wicked.

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The context

27“As an assayer I have set you among my people, a fortress, that you may know and assay their way.

28 · This verse (above)

29The bellows blow fiercely; by the fire the lead is consumed; in vain the refining goes on and on, and the evil are not drawn off.

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