Jeremiah 6:27-29

Good News Translation

²⁷ Jeremiah, test my people, as you would test metal, and find out what they are like. ²⁸ They are all stubborn rebels, hard as bronze and iron. They are all corrupt, going around and spreading gossip. ²⁹ The furnace burns fiercely, but the waste metals do not melt and run off. It is useless to go on refining my people, because those who are evil are not taken away.