²⁴ Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    the Mighty One^(A) of Israel, declares:
“Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes
    and avenge^(B) myself on my enemies.^(C)

⁹ Should I not punish them for this?”^(A)
    declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge^(B) myself
    on such a nation as this?

²⁷ “I have made you a tester^(A) of metals
    and my people the ore,
that you may observe
    and test their ways.
²⁸ They are all hardened rebels,^(B)
    going about to slander.^(C)
They are bronze and iron;^(D)
    they all act corruptly.
²⁹ The bellows blow fiercely
    to burn away the lead with fire,
but the refining^(E) goes on in vain;
    the wicked are not purged out.
³⁰ They are called rejected silver,^(F)
    because the Lord has rejected them.”^(G)