^22 (A)Your silver has become dross,
    your best wine mixed with water.

¹¹⁹ All the wicked of the earth you discard like ^(A)dross,
    therefore ^(B)I love your testimonies.

^28 (A)They are all stubbornly rebellious,
    ^(B)going about with slanders;
they are ^(C)bronze and iron;
    all of them act corruptly.
²⁹ The ^(D)bellows blow fiercely;
    the lead is consumed by the fire;
^(E)in vain the refining goes on,
    for the wicked are not removed.
^30 (F)Rejected silver they are called,
    for the Lord has rejected them.”

¹⁰ Behold, I have refined you, ^(A)but not as silver;
    ^(B)I have tried^[a] you in the furnace of affliction.

^3 (A)The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
    ^(B)and the Lord tests hearts.

4 ^(A)How the gold has grown dim,
    how the pure gold is changed!
The holy stones lie scattered
    ^(B)at the head of every street.

⁴ Because I know that ^(A)you are obstinate,
    and your neck is an iron sinew
    and your forehead brass,