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Jeremiah 6:28

They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.

KJV

Omnes isti principes declinantes, ambulantes fraudulenter, æs et ferrum : universi corrupti sunt.

Vulgate

πάντες ἀνήκοοι, πορευόμενοι σκολιῶς· χαλκὸς καὶ σίδηρος, πάντες διεφθαρμένοι εἰσίν.

LXX

They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.

ASV

כֻּלָּ/ם֙ סָרֵ֣י סֽוֹרְרִ֔ים הֹלְכֵ֥י רָכִ֖יל נְחֹ֣שֶׁת וּ/בַרְזֶ֑ל כֻּלָּ֥/ם מַשְׁחִיתִ֖ים הֵֽמָּה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בַּרְזֶל֙
brzl
noun · 76×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
הּ
h
verb · 147×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
נְחֹֽשֶׁת
nchsht
noun · 140×
סָ֥ר
sr
verb · 301×
סוֹרֵ֣ר
svrr
verb · 17×
רָכִ֛יל
rkyl
noun · 6×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Amos 4:11 — I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
  • Ezek 22:18 — Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
  • Ezek 22:18 — Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
  • Ezek 24:13 — In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
  • Isa 1:5 — Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
  • Isa 1:22 — Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
  • Jer 5:23 — But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
  • Jer 5:23 — But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
  • Jer 9:4 — Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
  • Jer 9:4 — Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
  • Jer 18:18 — Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him wit
  • Lev 19:16 — Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.