27 “I have made you (A)a tester of metals among my people,
    that you may know and (B)test their ways.
28 (C)They are all stubbornly rebellious,
    (D)going about with slanders;
they are (E)bronze and iron;
    all of them act corruptly.
29 The (F)bellows blow fiercely;
    the lead is consumed by the fire;
(G)in vain the refining goes on,
    for the wicked are not removed.
30 (H)Rejected silver they are called,
    for the Lord has rejected them.”

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