The Prophet's Task. The record of earlier prophecies (Jeremiah 6:1-6) fitly closes with the application to the prophet of the figure of the trier (mg.) or assayer; so inextricably is the alloy mixed with the silver that, though the bellows blow, and the lead (which was added to carry away the alloy) is oxidised in the heat, no purification is effected; only impure silver remains (Driver).
Jeremiah 6:27. Omit a fortress, which is probably a marginal note on the rendering tower, which should be trier.