Jeremia 6:29

Lutherbibel

Der Blasebalg ist verbrannt, das Blei verschwindet; das Schmelzen ist umsonst, denn das Böse ist nicht davon geschieden.

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Der Blasebalg schnaubt; aber aus dem Feuer kommt nur Blei, die Bösen werden doch nicht ausgeschieden!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the founder: Jeremiah 9:7, Proverbs 17:3, Zechariah 13:9, Malachi 3:2, Malachi 3:3, 1 Peter 1:7, 1 Peter 4:12

in vain: Isaiah 49:4, Ezekiel 24:13, Hosea 11:7

Reciprocal: Isaiah 1:25 - purge Isaiah 5:4 - General Jeremiah 2:30 - In vain Jeremiah 7:28 - nor Jeremiah 13:23 - Ethiopian Jeremiah 21:14 - according Ezekiel 22:24 - General Ezekiel 24:6 - to the pot Amos 6:12 - horses Revelation 16:9 - blasphemed

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The bellows are burnt,.... Which Kimchi interprets of the mouth and throat of the prophet, which, through reproving the people, were dried up, and become raucous and hoarse, and without any profit to them; and so the Targum,

"lo, as the refiner's blower, that is burnt in the midst of the fire, so the voice of the prophets is silent, who prophesied to them, turn to the law, and they turned not;''

or the judgments and chastisements of God upon the Jews may be meant, which were inflicted upon them to no purpose:

the lead is consumed of the fire; lead being used formerly, as is said f, instead of quicksilver, in purifying of silver; which being consumed, the refining is in vain: or it may be rendered,

out of the fire it is perfect lead g; or wholly lead, a base metal, no gold and silver in it, to which the Jews are compared:

the founder melteth in vain; to whom either the prophet is likened, whose reproofs, threatenings, and exhortations, answered no end; or the Lord himself, whose corrections and punishments were of no use to reform this people:

for the wicked are not plucked away; from their evil way, as Jarchi; or from good men, they are not separated the one from the other; or, "evils (sins) are not plucked away" h; from sinners: their dross is not purged away from them; neither the words of the prophet, nor the judgments of God, had any effect upon them. The Targum of the latter part of the verse is,

"and as lead which is melted in the midst of the furnace, so the words of the prophets which prophesied to them were nothing in their eyes; and without profit their teachers taught them and they did not leave their evil works.''

f By Mathiolus, Agricola and others, in Poli Synops. g מאשתם עופרת "ab igne, et integrum est plumbum", Munster, Calvin, Tigurine version. h ורעים לא נתקו "et mala non sunt evulsa", Piscator, so some in Vatablus; "mala avelli non pussunt", Junius & Tremellius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The bellows are burned - Worn out by continual blowing. The prophet has exhausted all his efforts. His heart, consumed by the heat of divine inspiration, can labor no more. Others translate “The bellows snort,” i. e., blow furiously. More probably, “The bellows glow” with the strong heat of the fire.

Plucked away - Separated. The smelter’s object is to separate the metal from the dross.