28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
28 They are all hardened rebels, going about to slander. They are bronze and iron; they all act corruptly.
28 They are all stubbornly rebellious, going about with slanders; they are bronze and iron; all of them act corruptly.
28 They're a thickheaded, hard-nosed bunch, rotten to the core, the lot of them.
28 They are all stubborn rebels, walking as slanderers. They are bronze and iron, They are all corrupters;
28 They are the worst kind of rebel, full of slander. They are as hard as bronze and iron, and they lead others into corruption.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 6:28
Commentary on Jeremiah 6:18-30
(Read Jeremiah 6:18-30)
God rejects their outward services, as worthless to atone for their sins. Sacrifice and incense were to direct them to a Mediator; but when offered to purchase a license to go on in sin, they provoke God. The sins of God's professing people make them an easy prey to their enemies. They dare not show themselves. Saints may rejoice in hope of God's mercies, though they see them only in the promise: sinners must mourn for fear of God's judgments, though they see them only in the threatenings. They are the worst of revolters, and are all corrupters. Sinners soon become tempters. They are compared to ore supposed to have good metal in it, but which proves all dross. Nothing will prevail to part between them and their sins. Reprobate silver shall they be called, useless and worthless. When warnings, corrections, rebukes, and all means of grace, leave men unrenewed, they will be left, as rejected of God, to everlasting misery. Let us pray, then, that we may be refined by the Lord, as silver is refined.