The bellows are burnt, &c.] All the pains and labour that hath been taken about refining of them, is lost. Isaiah 49:4.
the lead] Or, time; used for separation of metals; is wasted, or spent.
the wicked] Or, their wickednesses. Heb. evill things; as Psalms 78:49.
are not plucked away] Their drossie wickednesse will not be wrought out of them. Ezekiel 24:12-13.