Jeremiah 6:28They are all grievous rebels, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.
The setting
Jerusalem, ~605 BC. Jeremiah completes his testing and delivers the devastating results: the metal is worthless. Brass and iron mixed together create weak, unusable alloy.
The emotion here: exhausted from testing and finding only failure
The original word
sarar (סָרַר) — to be stubborn, rebellious, turning away from authority
Why it matters
Brass and iron cannot be properly alloyed — mixing them creates brittle, worthless metal
Read with care
What most readers miss in Jeremiah 6:28
This isn't moral failure — it's metallurgical failure. The people aren't just bad; they're unusable for God's purposes
Common misconceptionPeople think God is being harsh, but this is a metallurgist's technical report. God invested time and heat in refining, and the metal proved to be worthless ore.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Jeremiah 6:28
Bible Genome reading
Jeremiah 6:28 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Jeremiah 6:28 comes from the book of Jeremiah, written during the Divided Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Yahweh. The dominant emotion in this verse is angry, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is reflective. It belongs to the teaching genre of biblical literature. Key themes include rebellion, corruption, spiritual decay. Notable phrases: grievous rebels; going about with slanders.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same angry
“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'”
— Joel 3:10
“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!”
— Matthew 23:24
“Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husba…”
— Amos 4:1
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.”
— Amos 5:21
“Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
— Deuteronomy 19:21
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