English Standard Version
Jeremiah 6:30
30Rejected silver they are called, for the Lord has rejected them."
Jeremiah 6:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them.
- New International Version (NIV)They are called rejected silver, because the Lord has rejected them.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)People will call them rejected silver, Because the Lord has rejected them.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)I will label them ‘Rejected Silver,’ for I, the Lord, am discarding them.”
Context of Jeremiah 6:30
28They are all stubbornly rebellious, going about with slanders; they are bronze and iron; all of them act corruptly. 29The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed by the fire; in vain the refining goes on, for the wicked are not removed. Rejected silver they are called, for the Lord has rejected them."
Read all of Jeremiah 6Jeremiah 6:30 word by word
כֶּ֣סֶף נִמְאָ֔ס קָרְא֖וּ לָהֶ֑ם כִּֽי־מָאַ֥ס יְהוָ֖ה בָּהֶֽם׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Jeremiah 6:30
- Psalms 119:119All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross, therefore I love your testimonies.
- Proverbs 25:4Take away the dross from the silver, and the smith has material for a vessel;
- Isaiah 1:22Your silver has become dross, your best wine mixed with water.
- Ezekiel 22:18"Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are dross of silver.
- Matthew 5:13"You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.
- Jeremiah 14:19Have you utterly rejected Judah? Does your soul loathe Zion? Why have you struck us down so that there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; for a time of healing, but behold, terror.
- Lamentations 5:22unless you have utterly rejected us, and you remain exceedingly angry with us.
- Hosea 9:17My God will reject them because they have not listened to him; they shall be wanderers among the nations.
- Romans 11:1I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 6:30
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-30Verses 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30The people, like rejected silver, must be discarded (Isaiah 1:22).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. Reprobate--silver so full of alloy as to be utterly worthless (Is 1:22). The Jews were fit only for rejection.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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